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Compound and Complex Sentences

TEST PREPARATION

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Home Activity Your child prepared for taking tests on compound and complex sentences. Together look through a newspaper article. Ask your child to find and circle three compound sentences and three complex sentences.

Saving the Rain Forests

Directions Mark the letter of the phrase that best identifies each sentence.

1. Because people needed wood for their houses, much of the forest was damaged.

A Simple sentence C Complex sentence

B Compound sentence D Compound-complex sentence

2. Teak and mahogany grow in the forest, and the wood is used to make furniture.



3. The leopard catches sight of his prey, but it scurries away.



4. Forest plants can be used for headaches, fevers, and toothaches.



5. Whenever it rained, Kristy thought about her trip to South America.



6. Jesse’s boots were muddy, but he wore them anyway.



7. Although it was sunny, the forest was very dark, and Allison stumbled and fell.



8. The snake slithered over the dried leaves and moss.



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APPLY TO WRITING

Home Activity Your child learned how to use compound and complex sentences in writing. Have your child choose a simple sentence from a book and rewrite it first to make a compound sentence and then to make a complex sentence.

14 Unit 1 Week 4 Day 3 Grammar and Writing Practice Book

Directions Join each pair of simple sentences to make a compound sentence. Use a comma and a conjunction such as and, but, or or.

1. Water from the trees creates clouds. The water in the clouds falls back as rain.

2. Shut the window. The basement might flood.

3. Mining is an important industry in the area. It has damaged the rain forest.

4. The insect might be harmless. We decided not to touch it.

Directions Add an independent clause to each dependent clause to make a complex sentence.

5. Although we could not see them,

6. When the medicine arrived,

7. While Jack slept,

8. After we ate dinner at the campsite,


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A simple sentence has a complete subject and a complete predicate.

The clouds gathered quickly.

A compound sentence has two or more simple sentences joined by a comma and a conjunction such as and, but, or or.

The clouds gathered quickly, and the leaves rustled in the wind.

A complex sentence has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.

Although it was sunny just a moment ago, the clouds gathered quickly.

A compound-complex sentence has more than one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

Although it was sunny just a moment ago, the clouds gathered quickly, and the leaves rustled in the wind.

Directions Identify each sentence as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex.

1. The forest ranger is speaking at my school, and I can’t wait to hear him.

2. When it rains, it pours.

3. When they got back from the boat tour, Donna took a nap, and Terry read the paper.

4. Paul looked up at the tree, and he saw a huge fern.

5. Many species of plants and animals live in the rain forest.

6. Although I have a map, I can’t find the camp.

Directions Complete each compound sentence with the conjunction and, but, or or.

7. She loved to hike, she loved to camp.

8. Some animals live among the leaves, some live on the tree trunks.

9. We must protect the rain forests, they will disappear.

10. Larry loved the rain, Darla did not.

11. Forest fires are common, they endanger the rain forest.

12. You need to hurry, I’ll leave you behind.

DEVELOP THE CONCEPT

Home Activity Your child learned about compound and complex sentences. Have your child tell you what compound and complex sentences are. Then ask your child to find one example of each kind of sentence in a magazine article.

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CUMULATIVE REVIEW

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Home Activity Your child reviewed complex and compound sentences. Give your child a simple sentence, such as Our dinner is ready. Ask your child to make the sentence into a compound sentence and then into a complex sentence.


Directions Identify each sentence as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex.

1. The chameleon scurried up the tree and disappeared into a hole.

2. Before he knew it, dinner was ready, and everyone was waiting for him.

3. Tropical rain forests are valuable, but they are disappearing rapidly.

Directions Complete each compound sentence with the conjunction and, but, or or.

4. We could hear the waterfall in the distance, it sounded very loud.

5. I stumbled over a tree root, I didn’t lose my balance.

6. Don’t lose sight of the group, you may get lost.

7. The toucan’s bill is very large, it is not heavy.

Directions Underline the dependent clause in each complex sentence.

8. I will leave for the campsite at six unless I hear from you.

9. After he stalked his prey, the jaguar sat and waited.

10. Whenever the forest ranger called the campers on his cell phone, he got a busy signal.

11. Toucans are hard to overlook in the rain forest because they have brightly colored feathers.

12. Although he left for Brazil on Tuesday, he did not arrive until Thursday.


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