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Sentence Types: There Are 3 Types of Sentences. Can You Name Them All?

The document discusses the three types of sentences: simple, compound, and complex. It focuses on complex sentences, which contain both a main clause that can stand alone as well as a subordinate clause that provides extra information but does not stand alone. The document provides examples of complex sentences that contain subordinate clauses in the middle of the main clause to add relevant details.

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Sentence Types: There Are 3 Types of Sentences. Can You Name Them All?

The document discusses the three types of sentences: simple, compound, and complex. It focuses on complex sentences, which contain both a main clause that can stand alone as well as a subordinate clause that provides extra information but does not stand alone. The document provides examples of complex sentences that contain subordinate clauses in the middle of the main clause to add relevant details.

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Sentence Types

There are 3 types of sentences. Can you name them all?

The 3 types of sentences are: - Simple - Compound - Complex Today we are going to be looking at complex sentences, but first, we are going to recap simple and compound sentences.

Simple sentences A simple sentence has a subject and a verb. The tiger growled.

The young girl sprinted across the road.


The kettle boiled.

Compound sentences A compound sentence is when two sentences are joined by a connective/conjunction.
I love bananas. I dont like grapes. I love bananas but I dont like grapes.

What conjunction can be used to join these two simple sentences to create a compound sentence?

I want to be good at football. I practice my skills everyday.

I want to be good at football so I practice my skills everyday.

Complex Sentences These are formed when you join a main clause and a subordinate clause together.
Main clause has a subject and a verb and makes sense on its own. Subordinate clause does not make sense on its own.

The subordinate clause can be put before the main clause:

Although I was scared, I carefully crossed the bridge.


Or in the middle of the main clause:

David, who had a sore throat, sang beautifully.

Today we are going to look at adding in extra information by including a subordinate clause in the middle of main clauses. Remember the extra information needs to be relevant!

Can you identify the subordinate clause in each sentence? Emily who was a small and cheerful girl was on her way to school. My brother who is very tall is much older than me. Mr Smith who worked as a secret agent flicked through the paper silently.

Were you correct?

Emily, who was a small and cheerful girl, was on her way to school.
My brother, who is very tall, is much older than me. Mr Smith, who worked as a secret agent, flicked through the paper silently.

LO. Can I

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