Clause structure

English

Five sentence types

New subordinating conjunctions and relative pronouns

Subject and object

In this unit, pupils learn what the subject and object of a clause are when interrogating the five sentence types: simple, compound, adverbial complex, relative complex and non-finite complex. 

In 'Five sentence types', pupils revised the first four sentence types and learnt a fifth: the non-finite complex sentence. In this unit, pupils will learn what the subject and object of a clause are when interrogating the five sentence types. 

In this unit, pupils review five sentence structures: simple, compound, adverbial complex, relative complex and non-finite complex, all with their associate comma rules in place. They learn some new subordinating conjunctions and relative pronouns, as well as subject and object for the first time.

Using five sentence types

a sentence about one idea that makes complete sense

a sentence formed of two main clauses and a co-ordinating conjunction

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

how a text flows to maintain the interest of the reader and achieve text purpose

a type of subordinate clause that starts with a subordinating conjunction

a type of subordinate clause that starts with a relative pronoun

the noun that does or is the main verb in a clause

the noun that receives the action of the main verb in a clause

Using five sentence types

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