Speaker 1: It’s important to use sentences that give your writing the effect that you want. Speaker 2: There are three types of sentences: simple, compound, and complex. Speaker 1: Simple sentences ...

This is a series of lessons about using complex sentences in story writing. There are lots of examples of different complex sentences and lessons with labeled diagrams of sentences so that learners ...

Learn the power of transforming fragments into sentences while exploring the Detroit Riverfront. Learn the power of transforming fragments into complex sentences while exploring the beauty of the ...

Teach your students to write ‘complex sentences’ using these 2 straightforward PowerPoint presentations. I’ve also attached 2 differentiated ‘clauses’ worksheets. A bundle is a package of resources ...

In this episode we will learn about sentence types: simple, complex, compound and compound-complex; and how to use them in your writing. Examiners will look at the range of sentence types you use in ...

Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question from a reader in Burma, also known as Myanmar. For example, “we laughed” is a clause. “We” is the subject, and “laughed” is the verb. “In the ...

A dependent clause cannot stand alone, though they often contain both a subject and a verb. Where independent clauses express complete thoughts, dependent clauses do not, and left on their own, ...

A complex sentence communicates more than one idea. One part (the main clause) is like a simple sentence: it can stand on its own. The other part (the minor clause) gives more detail about the simple ...