Clauses and Sentences
Can you spot the clauses and
sentences?
What is a sentence?
• A sentence is a group of words beginning
with a capital letter and ending with a fullstop, exclamation or question mark in
written language, containing a main verb.
• Is this a sentence?
• The young boy walked to the shop.
What is a clause?
• A clause is a part of a sentence with a
verb. However, it doesn’t have to start with
a capital letter and end with a full stop.
• Is this a clause?
• were going to the shops
Spot the sentences and clauses
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The woman ate her dinner quickly.
I cannot move because my back hurts.
who was running really quickly
Josie could swim really quickly.
which was really smelly
Now for some fun!
• We are going to learn how to embed
clauses into sentences to make more
interesting sentences.
• The small girl walked towards the teacher.
• The small girl, who was eating a mouldy
apple, walked towards the teacher.
• The headteacher stood in the hall.
• The headteacher, who was hovering on a
broomstick, stood in the hall.
Now make your own complex
sentences.
• The man could not hear the telephone.
• The small girl was talking quietly to her
friend.
• The shopkeeper saw the boy leave the
shop.
• Coventry won the FA cup.