WHAT MAKES A SENTENCE
NEEDS THREE THINGS…
1 The words make sense and express a complete
thought.
2 It begins with a capital letter and ends with a full
stop, exclamation mark or question mark.
3 It contains a predicate, and a subject. The
predicate, or verb tells what the subject, or noun,
is doing.
WHAT IS A SIMPLE SENTENCE?
WHAT IS A SIMPLE SENTENCE?
The most basic type of sentence is the simple
sentence, which contains only one clause. A
simple sentence can be as short as one word.
EXAMPLES OF SIMPLE
SENTENCES
Melt!
Ice melts.
The ice melts quickly.
The ice on the river melts quickly under the warm
March sun.
Lying exposed without its blanket of snow, the ice on
the river melts quickly under the warm March sun.
WRITE A SIMPLE
SENTENCE FOR THIS
PICTURE
COMPOUND SENTENCES
A compound sentence is when you join two
sentences together using a conjunction.
The most common conjunctions are; and,
although, because, but, if, or, thought, where,
whether.
Conjunctions that indicate time are; before, until,
since, when, whenever, while.
EXAMPLES OF COMPOUND
Examples:
Amanda wore the red dress and it was dirty .
Amanda wore the red dress because it was dirty.
Amanda wore the red dress before it was dirty
WRITE A COMPOUND
SENTENCE
COMPLEX SENTENCES
Complex sentences are made up of one main
idea that is supported by
one or more related ideas. The main ideas does
not need to come first.
Complex sentences need punctuation, usually
commas.
WHERE DOES THE
PUNCTUATION GO?
It was a beautiful summer’s day as Alan, with his
prize held high, paced towards the pier.
It was a beautiful summer’s day (probably the
hottest that year) as Alan paced towards the
pier.
It was a beautiful summer’s day as Alan paced with a bounce in his step- towards the pier.
WRITE A COMPLEX
SENTENCE FOR THE
PICTURE.
WHY DO WE NEED TO
USE DIFFERENT TYPES
OF SENTENCES?
Can you and your buddy find:
1 good simple sentence
1 good compound sentence
1 good complex sentence
You are going to have
10 minutes to write
about this picture any
way you want. Try and
remember about simple,
compound and complex
sentences.