Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences

A simple sentence has one __________ clause.

• independent

• dependent

Which is the simple sentence?

• She is very smart and she knows it.

• I can't help you with your homework.

• The boys sang and the girls danced.

• When the cake is brown, remove it from the oven.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.3A

A compound sentence has two ___________ clauses.

• independent

• dependent

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1A

Which is the compound sentence?

• You cannot leave the school.

• If you’re always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.

• I saw Samuel yesterday but he didn't see me.

• After Troy ate a giant cookie, he got a stomach ache.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.3A

A complex sentence has one _______ clause and one or more _______ clauses.

• A complex sentence has one dependent clause and one or more independent clauses.

• A complex sentence has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.

Which is the complex sentence?

• Stay in the bath until the phone rings.

• I don't want to eat.

• I have driven a car.

• I am working now, but we will eat later.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.3A

Morgan and Riley plan to enter their robot in an engineering competition.

• simple

• compound

• complex

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.3A

If they place first, they will win five hundred dollars.

• simple

• compound

• complex

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.3A

 

The second place prize is three hundred dollars, and the third place prize is one hundred dollars.

• simple

• compound

• complex

When the clock strikes 10, we have to go to bed.

• simple

• compound

• complex

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.3A