A simple start- simple and
compound sentences
year 5
Describe the events
using the timeline.
1543
Nicolaus Copernicus
the Earth revolved around the Sun
129 BCE
Hipparchus
- first star catalogue
sentence
simple
compound
The spacecraft is black and white.
The Sun is unbearably hot.
Frank would like to become an astronaut one day.
I like watching programmes about space travel.
The spacecraft is black and white, and it is supersonic
The Sun is unbearably hot, so nobody has ever
tried to come to close to it.
I like watching programmes about space travel,
but my brother prefers the ones about sea
creatures.
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He invented the telescope, yet it was not powerful enough.
Early astronomers studied the skies because they were fascinated
by the stars.
Scientists invents new rockets and as a result astronauts can
go further into space.
You can either become an astronaut or you can become
a scientist.
The satellite is old, but it is operating well.
Neither have I met an astronaut, nor have I spoken to one.
A satellite is both a natural and an artificial object.
A satellite is a natural object but it can also be an artificial one.
Galileo built a telescope so he could prove Copernicus’s theory
correct.
We can fly to the moon but we can’t live there yet.
Astronauts enjoy life on the ISS and the do not stay there for long
periods.
We can visit the museum and the space centre.
We can visit both the museum and the space centre.