COMPLEX SENTENCE STRUCTURE: 21 WORKSHEETS WITH ANSWERS

Ready to use worksheets with answers that present teaching and learning resources of complex sentence structure based on New Bloom's Taxonomy.

After completing this lesson, the students will be able to:

• Identify the functions of subordinating conjunctions.
• Identify the features of complex sentences.
• Use subordinating conjunctions to introduce a clause or link two clauses.
• Implement the features of complex sentences to discover their structure.
• Assess and verify the correct use of complex sentence patterns in writing.
• Create complex sentences with the given sentence structure and pattern.

This download includes:

• EXERCISE 1: Identify the subordinating conjunctions from the examples.
• EXERCISE 2: Identify the functions of subordinating conjunctions.
• EXERCISE 3: Identify the subordinators from the given examples.
• EXERCISE 4: Identify how the subordinating conjunctions are used in the sentences.
• EXERCISE 5: Identify the features of complex sentences.
• EXERCISE 6: Think of a complex sentence to go with each given picture.
• EXERCISE 7: Identify the functions of clauses in general and their function in specific sentences – Part 1.
• EXERCISE 8: Identify the function of clauses in general and their function in specific sentences – Part 2.
• EXERCISE 9: Identify the function of clauses in general and their function in specific sentences – Part 3.
• EXERCISE 10: Implement the properties of complex sentences to discover their structure.
• EXERCISE 11: Examine the structure and the pattern of the complex sentences.
• EXERCISE 12: Assess and verify the correct use of sentence patterns in writing.
• EXERCISE 13: Create complex sentences with the given sentence structure and pattern.
• EXERCISE 14: Demonstrate the mastery of the use of complex sentence structure in writing.
• EXERCISE 15: Complete the sentences with meaningful clauses.
• EXERCISE 16: Identify the main and subordinate clauses.
• EXERCISE 17: Place commas wherever necessary.
• EXERCISE 18: Join the sentences by using subordinators: when, where, if, although, because, since, while.
• EXERCISE 19: Split the following complex sentences into simple sentences.
• EXERCISE 20: Rewrite the following simple sentences as complex sentences.
• EXERCISE 21: Rewrite the following complex sentences as compound sentences.

Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom:

• To challenge early finishers
• For effective tutoring
• As ESL stations and sub tubs
• As holiday work and homework
• For small group collaborations
• For an end of unit assessments 
• For reinforcement and enrichment

This is what teachers say about these resources:

• PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE: BUNDLE - Angela daSilva: Used with an online student. A lot of good information is in this resource. Rating: 4/5 (very satisfied)
• PROOFREADING WORKSHEETS WITH ANSWERS - Milloni Shah: Great proofreading practice for my students. Rating: 4/5 (very satisfied)
• PLAY-SCRIPT FEATURES: HANDOUT - Kathy Lanthois: Easy to use resource that the students could engage with. Rating: 4/5 (very satisfied)
• PARTS OF SPEECH WORKSHEETS WITH ANSWERS - Courtney Flournoy: A great way to teach the language standards. Rating: 5/5 (extremely satisfied)
• PLAY-SCRIPT WRITING: PRESENTATION - Interactive Teaching 1: THIS IS AN AMAZING PPT! I wouldn't have done it ANY better! All the information you need is there. Thanks for creating such a thorough presentation. Rating: 5/5 (extremely satisfied)
• IMAGERY WORKSHEETS WITH ANSWERS - Stefani Karlsson: My students loved this resource and the activities included with it. They were engaged, learning and having fun! Thanks for your hard work. It is greatly appreciated. Rating: 5/5 (extremely satisfied)
• IRONY WORKSHEETS AND TASK CARDS - Gay La Carmichael: I was using this with my students just before we went to distance learning. This was helping my students to understand this difficult concept. Rating: 5/5 (extremely satisfied)
• DIALOGUE WRITING RULES: HANDOUT - Sarah Braun: My students struggle to write authentic sounding dialogue, so this resource was very helpful for them! Rating: 5/5 (extremely satisfied)
• STORY SETTING BUNDLE - We are gearing up to do a big narrative writing project in distance learning, and this resource was excellent for helping the kiddos get a better understanding of setting! - Teach 'Em Nerdy. Rating: 5/5 (extremely satisfied)
• KING LEAR - SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY - CLASSROOM RESOURCES BUNDLE - Great resource for Lear. - ME In 203. Rating: 5/5 (extremely satisfied)
• ARTICLE WRITING: FORMATS AND SCAFFOLDING NOTES - This helped scaffold the drafting of news articles. - Natalie Warnock. Rating: 4/5 (very satisfied)
• COMIC STRIPS CREATIONS LESSON AND RESOURCES - Great for unit on visual literacy, media texts, comics etc. Good print-outs in different formats were used to give them choice in telling their "hero" story (our theme) via comic strip boxes. - Roslyn Elkington. Rating: 5/5 (extremely satisfied)
• IRONY TYPES BUNDLE - I have a lot of his resources and love them. He includes activities to address various abilities and skill levels. - Denise Hickey. Rating: 5/5 (extremely satisfied)
• PARAGRAPH WRITING - CLASSROOM RESOURCES - BUNDLE - My students struggle with writing a paragraph. This resource was great for building their writing skills. - Denise Hickey. Rating: 4/5 (very satisfied)
• ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING - CLASSROOM RESOURCES - BUNDLE - This is a great resource. He provides scaffolding activities to address various ability levels. - Denise Hickey. Rating: 4/5 (very satisfied).
• DEBATING SKILLS BUNDLE - Rating: 5/5 (extremely satisfied) - "This is a great process to learning debating skills. Our unit culminated in 2 class debates and successfully utilize the skills introduced in this resource." - Christine O'Shea.
• FORMAL LETTER WRITING: READY TO USE LESSON PRESENTATION - Rating: 5/5 (extremely satisfied) - "With all the texting done these days, my students lost the art of formal letter writing! I was so surprised that they needed this much guidance! Thanks to this lesson, it provided exactly what I needed! Thank you!" - Jennifer Jenkins.
• PARTS OF SPEECH WORKSHEETS WITH ANSWERS - "Kids enjoyed, easy to use!" - Rating: 5/5 (extremely satisfied) - Lori Ponder.

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