a group of words that contains a verb and makes complete sense.

a type of simple sentence that expresses a fact or an opinion and most often ends with a full stop.

a type of simple sentence that asks the reader for an answer and ends with a question mark.

a type of simple sentence that tells someone to do something and can end with an exclamation mark.

a type of simple sentence that expresses strong emotion or surprise.

Four types of simple sentence

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Three ways for co-ordination in compound sentences

Using the comma rule in compound sentences

Adverbial complex sentences

Understanding the comma rule in adverbial complex sentences

Using the comma rule in adverbial complex sentences

Subordination with 'as' in adverbial complex sentences

Compound and adverbial complex sentences revision

In this unit, pupils learn that the position of the subordinate clause in an adverbial complex sentence can vary. In 'Simple and progressive tense forms', pupils will write a variety of sentence structures in different tenses.

In 'Adverbial complex sentences', pupils built on from co-ordination to how to stretch a simple sentence with subordination and a second idea. In this unit, pupils will learn that the position of the subordinate clause in an adverbial complex sentence can vary.

In this unit, pupils learn two comma rules within different sentence structures: compound and adverbial complex sentences. Pupils revise simple, compound and adverbial complex sentences and extend their knowledge by learning that an adverbial clause can come first or second in a complex sentence.

Simple, compound and adverbial complex sentences

a sentence about one idea that makes complete sense

a group of words that contains a verb and makes complete sense

a sentence formed of two simple sentences and a joining word

a word that joins two main clauses to form a compound sentence

a sentence formed of two main clauses and a joining word

a punctuation mark used before "but" or "or" co-ordinating conjunctions in a compound sentence

a group of words that contains a verb and does not make complete sense

a type of subordinate clause that starts with a subordinating conjunction

a sentence formed of at least one main clause and a subordinate clause

a punctuation mark used to separate the first adverbial clause from the second main clause in an adverbial complex sentence

a sentence formed of a main clause and an adverbial clause

a sentence formed of a main clause and an adverbial subordinate clause

word or words that can tell the reader where a noun is

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