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3 types of sentence

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SIMPLE – COMPOUND – COMPLEX SENTENCES

Exercise 1: Read the following sentences. Check the box.

Exercise 2: Write a subordinate to complete the following sentences.

1. ____________ he was not there, I could not speak to him.

2. I waited for him ___________ he came.

3. We eat ____________ we may survive.

4. I don’t know ___________ he is nice or not.

5. ____________ you eat too much, you can get stomachache.

6. ____________ you work hard, you can’t pass the entrance test.
7. He could not get a seat ____________ he came early.

8. _________ the basement flooded, we spent all day cleaning up.

9. I don’t want to go to the movies _____________ I hate the smell of popcorn.

10. _____________ the alarm goes off, I hit the snooze button.

Exercise 3: Expand the following simple sentences into complex sentences using the subordinating
conjunction in parenthesis.

1. They couldn’t make a cake. (because)

_____________________________________________________________________________________

2. The tiger went hunting. (when)

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3. Our teacher graded the papers. (while)

_____________________________________________________________________________________

4. The ghost floated up the stairs. (until)

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5. We’re going to the circus. (unless)

_____________________________________________________________________________________

6. Emma and Kate went to the library near the school. (after)

_____________________________________________________________________________________

7.She will dance in the show. (if)

_____________________________________________________________________________________

8. The front door is closed. (since)

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