REVISION WORKSHEET 5
Subject / Topic: TYPES OF SENTENCES
Duration: 30
minutes
Name: Ahmed Farooq
Mark / Grade:
Date: 25/3/2022
Year 9 / Section: C
Diagnostic Feedback:
SENTENCE TYPES
4 BASIC SENTENCE TYPES
TYPES OF SENTENCES:
1. Declarative Sentence: FOR SUGGESTIONS AND STATEMENTS
Eg: Maybe we could go for a swim later
The crowd clapped enthusiastically
2. Interrogative Sentence: FOR QUESTIONS OR QUERIES
Eg: How does this work?
Is someone following us?
3. Imperative Sentence: FOR INSTRUCTIONS, REQUESTS AND COMMANDS
Eg: Start your test now.
Turn left by the Church.
4. Exclamatory Sentence: FOR STRESSING A POINT OR SHOWING STRONG FEELINGS
Eg: How beautiful that dress is!
What a shame!
Exercise
TASK: Identify the sentence types in the following:
Turn left out of my house, go down the street and cross it to get to the station. But be careful. It’s a
very busy road. Imperative
Really? I can’t see a single vehicle! Exclamatory
TASK: Identify the types of sentences and frame your own sentences:
1. A report of a visit to a musical concert
Eg: The concert took place at the Beach Hotel. – Declarative
2. A story with a mysterious event
Eg: The floor was lined with traces of gruesome, striking red blood. – Declarative
3. Instructions about how to get from home to the nearest shop
Eg: Walk straight and then take the first two rights. Imperative
4. An email to a friend after you have met a favourite celebrity
Eg: I can’t believe I actually met Chris Evans! – Exclamatory
KINDS OF SENTENCES:
1. Simple Sentence:
 Are short; They can be used to show suspense.
 Contain one clause made up of a subject and a verb
 They can also separate distinct ideas
 They give a sense of time; Eg: I sat in the exam room; The clock ticked.
 It expresses a single complete thought that can stand on its own.
 Examples: 1. The baby cried for food.
 There is a subject and a verb that expresses a complete thought.
2. Compound Sentence:
 Are longer
 Contain two or more clauses of equal importance linked by or, and or but.
Eg: Our team played well and the players showed all their skills.
A compound sentence has two independent clauses.
An independent clause is a part of a sentence that can stand alone because it contains a
subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.
Basically, a compound sentence contains two simple sentences.
These independent clauses are joined by a conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).
Examples: 1. The shoplifter had stolen clothes, so he ran once he saw the police.
Both sides of the conjunction “so” are complete sentences. “The shoplifter had stolen
clothes” can stand alone and so can “he ran once he saw the police.” Therefore, this is a
compound sentence.
2. They spoke to him in Spanish, but he responded in English.
This is also a compound sentence that uses a conjunction to separate two individual clauses.
Ex. 2 The word and shows addition, or shows an alternative, and but is used to join
contrasting ideas.
3. Complex Sentence:
 Are longest
 Can add further information
 Provide contrast or alternatives
 Show cause and effect
 Contain a main clause and one or more subordinate clauses
 Often marked by a comma or a connective
1 Main clause/simple sentence/ independent clause + 1 or more subordinate clauses/
dependent clauses.
Eg: Although it was the middle of the night, our dog barked loudly.
A complex sentence is an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses. A
dependent clause either lacks a subject or a verb or has both a subject and a verb that does
not express a complete thought.
A complex sentence always has a subordinator (as, because, since, after, although, when) or
relative pronouns (who, that, which). Examples:
1. After eating lunch at
The Cheesecake Factory, Tim went
to the gym to exercise.
The independent clause is ‘Tim went to the gym to exercise.” The subordinating clause
before it is dependent on the main, independent clause. If one were to say “after eating lunch
at The Cheesecake Factory,” it would be an incomplete thought.
2. Opinionated women are given disadvantages in societies that privilege male
accomplishments.
Ex. 3 A complex sentence has one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses. A
conjunction joins words and sentences together. Conjunctions include; since, until, after,
although, because…
4. Compound-Complex Sentence: 2 Or More Independent Clauses+1 Or More Dependent
Clauses
Exercises:
I.
Identify the sentence types and functions used in the following paragraph.
The River Nile was incredibly wide, and we saw crocodiles basking in the midday sun. They
seemed to be smiling! Even though we were travelling light, we were dripping with sweat.
WORKSHEET
Join the following sentences together to make compound sentences. Choose the most suitable
conjunction from the list below and write it in the space.
1. I enjoy reading but I don’t enjoy cooking.
2. Benny is thoughtful so he always plays with me when I am lonely.
3. Josh walked home from school slowly because he was tired.
4. Grade 7 is a hardworking class and all of the children want to do well at school.
5. I do not like eating meat but I love vegetables.
6. John stands at the bottom of the cliff but the climber moves up the rock.
7. Jemima ran the first part of the race and Josh biked the second part.
8. Jake passed the test since he studied hard and understood the material.
Conjunctions
and
For
nor
but
so
Or
Yet
Now try writing a description of your classroom using simple, compound and complex sentences.
As I enter the classroom, my eyes meet a spacious room populated with about 30 tables and chairs
organized to meet the COVID-19 safety precautions. Along the walls, information of the variety of
subjects to be taught is also displayed in a visually pleasing manner- science, humanities,
geography and basically everything you need for your life! That’s pretty much it for the left field of
vision as you enter the room. On the right, though, you may witness two whiteboards, one smaller
than the other. The HP projector stuck to the top of the class seemed to be placed to project on the
bigger board, and the bottom of the small board was lined with board markers, so you can assume
each board’s purpose from those. What is most likeable about this class, though, is how lively it is!
Everyone seems to be friendly with each other, and people generally don’t really seem to hold
grudges here. Making friends was no problem at all. The yellow walls of the classroom are suitable
for the positive atmosphere in the class, and I don’t think anything would be more appropriate really.
Even though the students can be a bit rowdy and loud at times, I really enjoy this classroom and
wouldn’t have it any different.
Sentence structures
4 Read the sentences and circle the correct word in bold.
1. My name is Tanwir and / but / so I am sixteen years old.
2. I like watching films but / because / so I go to the cinema every weekend.
3. I always do my homework because / before / so I watch TV.
4. I’m very fi t and strong because / and / or I do exercise every day.
5. I love playing the piano because / but / so I’m not very good.
6. We always stay in a hotel when / before / because we go on holiday.
7. I’ll pass my exam because / and / if I study every day this week.
8. When I stay at home I always read so / or / when draw.
In your notebook, write four sentences about a friend using the ideas below. Write two compound
sentences and two complex sentences.
• your friend’s name and age
• where your friend lives
• your friend’s family
• your friend’s hobbies and pastimes
• your friend’s favourite food
• your friend’s favourite music or TV programme