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

English

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.

Simple, compound and adverbial complex sentences

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

Match the simple sentence type to the definition.

Which of these would you find in a question?

Which of these could you find in an exclamation?

Which of these comes at the start of a sentence?

a naming word for people, places or things

Match the word with the correct definition.

a punctuation mark used at the end of a sentence

What type of verb do you use at the start of a **command** to tell someone what to do?

Which of these sentences make complete sense?

Match the simple sentence type to the punctuation mark it ends with.

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Four types of simple sentence

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.