Christina Musa
Mount Royal University
To review the four common
sentence types with the students
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To practice identifying the
sentence types
 To
combine sentences to create
examples of the different sentence
types
Start with 4 sentences:
1.
2.
3.
4.
I got a gift.
I got a gift, but I didn’t like it.
Because it was my birthday, I got a
gift.
Because it was my birthday, I got a
gift, but I didn’t like it.
Put
students into teams.
Give each team a set of the
four sentences but
scrambled.
They must use all of the
words and all of the
punctuation.
When
they have finished,
they put the sentences on
the board.
As a class, correct the
sentences.
Look at the sentence:
I got a gift.
What kind of sentence is it?
Ask students to identify:
 Subject
 Verb
 Object
Using other sentences, elicit:
What is an independent
clause?
What is a complement (both
subject and object)?
What is an adverbial?
Look at the second sentence:
I got a gift, but I didn’t like
it.
What kind of sentence is it?
Board:
FANBOYS
Go over the rules for
coordinating conjunctions.
Look at the third sentence:
Because it was my birthday, I
got a gift.
What kind of sentence is it?
Elicit
some common
subordinating conjunctions.
Ask
students to produce
some sentences with the
subordinating conjunctions
Really focus on:
Because it was my birthday, I
got a gift.
I call home every day because I
am really homesick.
Look at the fourth sentence:
Because it was my birthday, I
got a gift, but I didn’t like it.
Elicit the different types of compound
complex sentences:
 I am tired, but I will stay up because I
want to watch a movie.
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Ask the groups to produce some
sentences:
1.
With a coordinating conjunction
and a subordinating conjunction
2.
With two subordinating
conjunctions
A. Look at the following sentences. Identify what
kind of sentence it is simple/compound/complex
compound-complex).
1. Sarah told jokes in the classroom.
2. I was really tired and hungry because I had
forgotten to eat breakfast, so I ate a big lunch.
3. He studied really hard, but he still failed.
1. Combine the following sentences using the
appropriate connectors: co-ordinating
conjunctions, or subordinating conjunctions.
1. Alfred did not want to spend any more money
this month. He decided not to go to a restaurant
for dinner.
2. I read the chapter four times. I finally
understood the author’s theory.
3. I was travelling across Canada. I was impressed
by the differences in geography.
Elicit
the sentence parts from
students.
Elicit FANBOYS.
Elicit some subordinating
conjunctions.
Elicit an example of each type
of sentence.