Sentence Patterns Answers
Rewrite the sentences to make them more interesting using different sentence forms (simple, compound, complex, compound-complex.)
Do you think my mom will let me go to the concert, or should I ask my dad instead?
Write a compound-complex sentence describing the picture above.
Answers will vary. Students should write a sentence with two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.
Rewrite the sentences to make them more interesting using different sentence forms (simple, compound, complex, compound-complex.)
The car trip took forever because my dad drove so slowly.
Rewrite the sentences to make them more interesting using different sentence forms (simple, compound, complex, compound-complex.)
Even though he complains the whole time and doesn’t really want to be in the car with me, my Dad is teaching me to drive.
Combine the simple sentences below with a coordinating conjunction to create compound sentences.I wanted to buy a baby Chihuahua. I started to save my money.You can cry like a baby. You can clean your room like an adult.I want to own my own company. I want to pay all my workers a lot of money.
Answers will vary but may include: I wanted to buy a baby Chihuahua so I started to save my money. You can cry like a baby or you can clean your room like an adult. I want to own my own company and pay all my workers a lot of money.
Rewrite the sentences to make them more interesting using different sentence forms (simple, compound, complex, compound-complex.)
I don't want to go skating alone, but my friend said that he couldn’t go.
Identify each of the following clauses as dependent or independent: John ran. John ran away from the shore. Jim studied in the sweet shop for his chemistry quiz. When Jim studied in the sweet shop for his chemistry quiz.
Independent clause Independent clause Independent clause Dependent clause
Discuss why using a varied sentence structure is important in your writing.
Answers will vary, but should mention how this relates to audience understanding, flow, and other concepts presented in the lecture and reading.
Rewrite the sentences to make them more interesting using different sentence forms (simple, compound, complex, compound-complex.)
I don’t understand why people get so excited about football when it is not nearly as interesting as baseball.
Identify each of the following clauses as independent or dependent: Unless it comes today. I enjoy the Opera. Although I lost the library book. When the movie is over.
Dependent clause Independent clause Dependent clause Dependent clause
Rewrite the sentences to make them more interesting using different sentence forms (simple, compound, complex, compound-complex.)
Because I have a lot to do in the morning and am usually late for school, my mom says that I should get up earlier.
Use any method to combine the following sentences into one sentence. Elvis Presley died in 1977. His music is still popular today. Graceland in Memphis washis home.
Answers will vary. Possible answer: Elvis Presley lived at Graceland in Memphis, and although he died in 1977, his music is still popular today.
List five subordinating conjunctions.
Anwers will vary but may include: unless before while as after so that
Rewrite the sentences to make them more interesting using different sentence forms (simple, compound, complex, compound-complex.)
My hair makes me hot because it is so long and thick, so I want to cut it.
Combine the simple sentences below with a coordinating conjunction to create a compound sentence:Batman is a hero. He saves the city from a lot of criminals.There was a meteor shower. The crew did not know how to avoid the meteors.Gillian did not like to read. She was not very good at it.
Answers will vary but may include: Batman is a hero because he saves the city from a lot of criminals. There was a meteor shower, and the crew did not know how to avoid the meteors. Gillian did not like to read because she was not very good at it.
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