Simple Compound Complex Sentences

Students will practice identifying types of sentences and writing grammatically correct simple, compound, and complex sentences with these worksheets. There are 7 pages of sentence writing activities with explanations of sentence types included. Students will be guided through using coordinating and subordinating conjunctions correctly.

This resource includes:
❶ Explanation of simple sentences with an activity
❷ Explanation of compound sentences with an activity
❸ Explanation of complex sentences with an activity
❹ Create simple sentences using fragments
❺ Add coordinating conjunctions to compound sentences
❻ Identify the difference between compound and complex sentences
❼ Add subordinating conjunctions to complex sentences

Students will:
✰ Identify simple, complex, and compound sentences
✰ Recognise different sentence structures
✰ Build sentences using fragments
✰ Write sentences with conjunctions
✰ Learn about coordinating and subordinating conjunctions

Teachers will:
☑ Have a ready-to-print resource
☑ Use the examples and explanations in explicit teaching
☑ Model using the examples

This resource is aligned with the Australian Curriculum. It is suitable for students in grades 5 and 6. This resource is a useful tool in supporting students with NAPLAN preparation and fostering success in general writing skills.

AC9E5LA04 – understand how texts can be made cohesive by using the starting point of a sentence or paragraph to give prominence to the message and to guide the reader through the texts