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The dog barks. (simple)
simple sentence
One complete idea.
Example: This is a simple sentence.
Grade 3
Simple, compound, and complex sentences
See how sentences can be short and simple, joined with a connector, or linked with a reason or time clue.
Category: Grammar in Use
9 min
Confident
Start with simple sentences. Then join two ideas with and, but, because, or when.
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Open one card at a time, read the text together, and use the audio button when hearing the line once helps.
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The dog barks and the cat hides. (compound)
compound sentence
Two ideas joined by 'and'.
Example: Two ideas connected with a connector.
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The dog barks because someone knocked. (complex)
complex sentence
One idea explains the other.
Example: Because shows the reason.
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When it rains, we stay inside. (complex)
complex sentence
When gives a time condition.
Example: When tells us the condition.
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Try building: She read ___ she was tired.
practice
Which connector fits?
Example: She read because she was tired.
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