What are complex sentences for kids
Complex Sentences for Kids with Examples
Jaymz Boanerges Repertoire
I have put up quite some posts on the complex sentence in English. There is the post on 25 Examples of Complex Sentences and also 10 Examples of Complex Sentences. This particular post presents complex sentences for kids with examples. Kids, who also read Akademia, deserve to be carried along in the explanation of a complex sentence.
The same goes for those who use this platform in teaching their kids at home or at school. In the light of this, I will not like to leave out the kids when it comes to a clear and simple understanding of what a complex sentence is. So if you have got some kids you need to teach complex sentence, whether your children, your pupils or students, this post complex sentences for kids is just appropriate for them.
Complex Sentences for Kids with ExamplesIn explaining a complex sentence to a kid, what would you say it is? Well, let me provide a simple definition. A complex sentence is a type of sentence in English which has only one main clause, just like the simple sentence, but with, at least, one additional clause that cannot stand on its own.
The clause that cannot stand on its own, which we call a dependent or subordinate clause, can be more than one; but at least, such clause must be present in a sentence plus the main clause (that can stand on its own) for a sentence to qualify a complex sentence. How about that for a kiddo!
Complex Sentence Examples for KidsHaving given a description of complex sentence for kids, let us now provide kids’ friendly examples of a complex sentence…
- I will play games when I get home.
- I don’t like him because he beats me.
- When I finish my assignments, I will play outside.
- My parents hug me before they leave the house.
- While watching the television last night, I slept off.
- Whenever we go to the store, we always buy ice cream.
- Watching my friends board the plane, I felt lonely.
- When I grow up, I will become the president.
- If you do not come to school regularly, you will not do well in tests.
- After playing football for 30 minutes, the children became tired.
- While I was in primary school, I travelled to the village every weekend.
- If I don’t do my assignments, my teacher will punish me.
- If granny comes tomorrow, I will go back with her to the village.
- Anytime I see my uncle, I think of Santa Claus.
- While waiting for the school bus, the rain began to fall.
- The kids like animations because it entertains them.
- When my father returns from the office, he will take me out.
- Unless we pay our fees, we will not be allowed into the school.
- Before leaving the house every morning, we pray.
- After we collect our results, we must show them to our parents.
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What are simple, compound and complex sentences?
Simple sentences, compound sentences, complex sentences... can you identify the different types of sentence construction your child will learn in KS1 and KS2? Our parent-friendly guide sorts out any confusion and explains how your child will be taught to put grammar into practice in the classroom.
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What is a sentence?
A sentence is a grammatical unit made up of one or more words (Go! is a sentence, as is The cat sat on the mat.). Sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a full stop, a question mark or an exclamation point.
What is a simple sentence?
Sentences can be structured in different ways.
A simple sentence has a subject and ONLY ONE verb:
The girl sprinted after the tiger.
The cat purred.
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What is a compound sentence?
A compound sentence is formed when you join two main clauses with a connective. In a compound sentence the clauses are linked by coordinating conjunctions / connectives (and, but, so, or).
I like bananas and I like grapes.
Zoe can be rude at times but she is a nice girl.
What is a complex or multi-clause sentence?
Complex sentences can also be referred to as multi-clause sentences.
A complex sentence is formed when you join a main clause and a subordinate clause with a connective. A subordinate clause is one that relies on a main clause to make sense.
The connectives in complex sentences are subordinating conjunctions and they tell us about the order or the place in which things happened or specify a cause or effect relationship between events. Connectives used in complex sentences include after, although, as, because, if, since, unless, when.
I love roast potatoes, although my mum prefers them mashed.
You need to prepare for the spelling test tomorrow if you want to get all your spellings right.
The big dog barked whenever I knocked on the door.
Complex sentences can also be constructed by including relative clauses (which are subordinate clauses), for example: Tom, who liked to read, settled down happily with his new book.
How are children taught sentence construction in KS1?
Children are not necessarily taught the concept of compound and complex sentences explicitly in KS1, but teachers will encourage children to notice the use of connectives in texts they are reading and how they make the writing more effective.
In Year 1, children need to start joining parts of sentences (clauses) using 'and'. For example:
There was a monster in my room and he was roaring.
In Year 2, children need to start using subordination, which occurs in a complex sentence. So instead of writing: 'I wanted some ice-cream,' they need to expand this using the connectives 'and,' 'or' and 'but,' to something like: 'I wanted some ice-cream but there was none.'
How is sentence construction taught in KS2?
Children continue to be expected to use compound and complex sentences. They will be expected to use more and more varied and sophisticated connectives.
In Years 3 and 4 they are expected to use 'when,' 'if,' 'because' and 'although'.
In Years 5 and 6 they are expected to use 'meanwhile,' 'therefore,' 'however,' 'consequently,' and other connectives.
By Year 6 children are expected to recognise, understand and be able to explain what simple, compound and complex sentences are, as this is likely to come up in the KS2 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling test.
Teachers use a variety of methods for encouraging children to improve their sentence structure:
- Teachers often put lists of connectives up around the classroom to encourage children to remember to use them in their writing.
- They may also play classroom games, saying sentences out loud using connectives. An example of this is to give children the half-sentence: 'I would like to get a dog, however,' and then ask them to repeat it, adding their own half of the sentence, for example: 'I would like to get a dog, however my mum won't let me.
' - Teachers will also model the use of compound and complex sentences on the board when they are drafting example text for the children.
- When a teacher marks a draft piece of writing, they may, in their marking, draw the child's attention to how two simple sentences could be joined by a connective, or how one simple sentence could be expanded by a connective and a second clause.
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Compound sentence in Russian - types, types, examples
Today we will analyze a topic that is relevant for many 9th grade students.
Namely: what sentences in Russian are called complex, what groups they are divided into and how to find them in the text.
What is a compound sentence
| A compound sentence is a sentence that consists of two or more grammatical bases. |
An example of a complex sentence:
According to the connection between the parts, complex sentences are divided into two types - allied (compound and complex) and non-union. In the first case, the parts are connected by unions and allied words, in the second - by meaning.
In total, there are 3 types of complex sentences. Let's look at them in a table.
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Compound sentence
| Compound (CSP) is a complex sentence that has two or more independent simple sentences in its composition. This means that they can be broken with a dot, while the meaning is not lost. |
Parts of such complex sentences are connected by conjunctions and allied words: connecting (and, yes, also, etc.) , adversative (a, but, but, etc.) , separating (or, then ... then, not that ... not that, etc.) or combinations thereof.
Examples:
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I wanted a pie, and the apples are already ripe.
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I wanted a pie, but the apples weren't ripe yet.
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Either mother will bake pies, or grandmother will come with buns.
Sometimes parts of compound sentences are connected without a coordinating union and a union word - in meaning. Such proposals are called non-union.
Example:
Punctuation marks in compound sentences
In sentences with conjunctions and, yes, however, either, etc. it is customary to put a comma. Except when:
Exception
If the parts of a complex sentence have a common minor member or subordinate clause, but they are connected by a repeating conjunction, a comma must be used.
Example:
In non-union compound sentences, parts are divided not only by commas, but also by dashes, colons and semicolons. We discussed this topic in detail in the article on compound sentences.
Compound sentence
| Compound sentence (CSP) is a type of complex sentence in which one simple sentence is subordinate to another in meaning and intonation. |
In this case, the dependent clause is called the subordinate clause, and the independent clause is called the main clause. An example of a complex sentence:
Types of connection in a complex sentence
Usually parts of NGN in Russian are connected with each other by subordinating conjunctions, for example:
There are complex sentences in which the main clause is related only in meaning and separated by a punctuation mark, but a subordinating conjunction can still be inserted between them. Such proposals are called non-union.
Example:
Values of subordinate clauses in NGN
Compound clauses are divided into groups, and then into subgroups according to the meaning and type of connection with the main one.
You can read more about the differences between clauses in a complex sentence with examples in this article.
Types of subordination in a complex sentence
Sometimes in a complex sentence there are not one, but two or more subordinate clauses. This type of complex sentences is called polynomial. They have different types of submission.
We have already discussed this topic in more detail in the article on complex sentences.
Punctuation marks in complex sentences
It is customary to put a comma between the main and subordinate parts of a complex sentence. If one part is in the middle of another, it must be separated with a comma on both sides:
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When we returned to the city, all the sorrows were left behind.
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Now that we have returned to the city, all the sorrows are left behind.
If sentences with the words only, only, also, and, above all, precisely, obviously, are probably connected by a compound union, it is divided.
Then a comma should be put before the word what:
If we highlight indicative or conditional clauses with intonation and put them before the main clause, a dash is placed between them:
If it is clear from the main clause that the subordinate clause will explain it, you need to put a colon. The same rule applies to non-union complex sentences:
Test yourself
Determine what type of complex sentence these examples refer to: complex or compound?
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Mother had already cooked for the morning and went to bed when I returned from the theater.
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I knew it couldn't go on too long.
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Snowflakes lay lightly on the palm, and the world around froze in snow-white splendor.
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I went to the edge of the forest an hour later, but the travelers were gone.
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I quickly found the place where the cuckoos were nesting.
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Compound sentences with the union "because" - a lesson for the senior speech therapy group | Plan-summary of a lesson in speech therapy (senior group) on the topic:
Municipal preschool educational institution
Child development center - kindergarten No. 26 "Rodnichok"
Istrinsky municipal district
Abstract of GCD on the topic:
Complex sentences with conjunction "because".
in the senior speech therapy group for children with ONR
Istra, 2014
Topic: Complex sentences with the union "because".
Purpose: - To learn how to compose and use complex sentences with the union "because" in speech.
Correctional and educational tasks:
- Exercise in the preparation of complex sentences with the union "because".
- Strengthen the skill of using complex words.
- Learn to differentiate prepositions into - into.
- Learn to differentiate animals and birds.
- Fix primary colors.
Correctional and developmental tasks:
- Develop logical thinking.
- Develop fine (finger and articulation) and general motor skills.
- Form speech breathing.
- Develop memory.
- Develop tactile sensations.
Correctional and educational tasks:
- To educate children in moral qualities: kindness, mutual assistance, responsiveness, love for nature.
Preliminary work: learning greetings and counting rhymes with children, conducting vocabulary work (curious, in the bosom, top hat, flower bed, forest edge), fixing the distinguishing features of animals and birds, fixing generalizing concepts, working on a sentence.
Equipment: mnemonic tables with questions, music center, recording of the song "About kindness", flowers with pictures, animal toys, panels with Velcro, animal and bird figurines with and without Velcro, bag, TV, presentation with slides, medals.
Course of the lesson:
- Organizational moment.
Children come in, stand in a circle (the backing track of the song “About kindness” sounds).
Greeting (reading a poem):
- Good morning! Hello children!
May there be more kindness in the world!
(to children) - Tell our guests: “Good morning!”
Children: - Good morning!
- It's not difficult! And the day will be full of pleasant meetings,0003
And kindness will be with you until the evening!
- Children, I want to tell you a story about a boy. This boy loves to ask everyone questions. For example, he asks: “Why is the grass green?”, “Why is the sky blue?”, “Why is the wind blowing?” "Why is it snowing?" Everyone around calls the boy Why, and only his mother knows that when her son grows up, he will become a famous scientist - after all, he is already so inquisitive - he is looking for answers to many questions.
Let's also look for answers to different questions today. To do this, I suggest you go on a journey - we are waiting for a lot of interesting tasks and adventures. Is everyone ready? Then - go!
- Articulation gymnastics.
(Held to the 1st verse of the song "About Kindness" from the cartoon "The Adventures of Funtik the Pig").
Articulatory movements combined with hand movements. (Exercises used: “Sweetie”, “Watch”, “We will punish the tongue”, “Smile” - “Tube”, “Window”, “Swing”).
- Introduction to the topic.
(children sit on chairs)
- So our journey began! And you will ask the first questions yourself - let's remember the poem "Why" (learned with children in advance). The one of you whom I will name will ask a question, and my hints will help in this (I show mnemonic tables):
1st child: - Why don't bananas grow on a Christmas tree?
2nd child: - Why is the hare hiding from the wolf?
3rd child: Why do rivers freeze in winter?
4th child: - Why do all snowflakes melt in spring?
5th child: - Why don't you take the hedgehog in your hands?
6th child: - Why do mice run away from a cat?
7th child: - Why is everything very interesting to me,
All together: But not quite known yet?
- Well done! These and other questions we will learn to answer today.
And we are already waiting for the first task.
4. Game “Why is it called that?”
- Children, look around - how many different animals! (pointing to toys). We've come to the Zoo! But the names on the plates are not simple - help explain why the animals are called that?
1) Why is the giraffe called long-necked?
- The giraffe is called long-necked because it has a long neck.
2) Black-winged rook.
3) Thin-legged crane.
4) Black-eyed fox.
5) Short-tailed hare.
6) Long-eared rabbit.
(round-headed owl, red-footed goose, long-legged stork, yellow-eyed eagle owl, red-breasted bullfinch, long-tailed magpie, long-legged horse, thick-footed bear) - to choose from.
- Well done, guys, you have done this task - let's move on!
- Finger gymnastics.
(Held to the 2nd verse of the song "On Kindness"). Children do gymnastics while sitting (to the lyrics of the song). Exercises used: “Fingers walk”, “Bunny ears”, “Fingers greet”, “Fists”, “Heart” from fingers).
- The game "extra 4".
- Look what a beautiful flower bed. (“The flower bed” is decorated with flowers made of fabric. The petals are fastened to the middle with buttons). Very unusual flowers bloomed on it - what color are they? (red, purple, yellow, orange, blue).
- Each flower has 4 petals. Each petal has a picture (flowers are turned upside down) - you must choose an extra picture and explain your choice:
1) butterfly, crow, dragonfly, bee (Children choose a crow).
- Why is the crow superfluous?
- The crow is superfluous because it is a bird.
- And who are the butterfly, dragonfly and bee?
- Butterfly, dragonfly and bee are insects.
(I ask one child to unfasten the “extra” petal and, turning it over, fasten it to the middle with the back side).
2) chamomile, cornflower, oak, bluebell;
3) hedgehog, fox, hare, dog;
4) strawberries, blueberries, boletus, raspberries;
5) wolf, fox, hare, bear cub (The bear cub is superfluous because it is a cub.
And the rest of the animals are adult animals).
- Well done, children, you coped with all the questions - and we can continue our journey further!
Stand up, straighten your shoulders, breathe easily, evenly, deeply - from the city our path will lie in the Enchanted Forest.
7. Breathing exercises.
(Held to the 3rd verse of the song "On Kindness").
Children get up and start walking in a circle - I give the commands "inhale - exhale".
Inhale: arms through the sides up.
Exhale: arms through the sides down.
- repetitions - 2 alternations for each repetition).
8. Game "Animals and Birds".
(children sit on chairs)
- We ended up at the edge of the Enchanted Forest (showing the panel). Look how beautiful! But for some reason not a single forest dweller is visible - neither a bird, nor an animal. I know what happened - once upon a time an evil wizard caught all the animals and birds - and put them in a bag (showing the bag).
Help save the forest dwellers - set them free! Just remember that birds fly in the sky and animals live on the ground. (On the board there is a panel depicting the sky and the earth. Children take turns getting figures of birds and animals on Velcro from the bag.)
- Who are you?
- This is a hare.
- Release the hare into the wild (the child places the figurine on the panel).
- Why did you release the hare on the ground?
- I released the hare on the ground because the hare is an animal.
- Who is this?
- This is a swallow (places the bird on the panel).
- Why did you release the swallow into the sky?
- I released the swallow into the sky, because the swallow is a bird.
Etc. with all figurines.
- Well done, you freed all the animals and birds, and we have only one task left.
9. Game “Why did this happen?”
(TV is being used)
- You will need to explain why something happened.
I will tell you the beginning of the sentence, and you must complete it correctly.
(Slides with pictures appear on the screen. First, we look at the pictures, I make simple sentences based on them and ask the question “Why?” - children answer the question, making up a complex sentence):
(passed) rain
- puddles - (it looked out) the sun
(fell) snow
- puddles appeared on the asphalt ... - Why?
- Puddles appeared on the asphalt, because ... (it rained).
Verification: an arrow appears on the next slide, drawn to the desired picture.
(Come) Winter
- Bear - (Come) Spring
(It has come) Autumn
- The bear got out of the den ... - why?
- The bear got out of the den because ... (spring has come).
(it began) rain
- Woman with an umbrella - (looked out) Sun
(sparkled) Lightning
- Mom opened an umbrella .
.. - Why?
- Mom opened the umbrella because ... (it started to rain).
(drank) water
- Boy with dirty lips - (ate) chocolate
(bite off) apple
- the boy stained the lips ... - Why?
- The boy got his lips dirty because ... (he ate a chocolate bar).
(removed) toys
- - Mom and daughter (stained) Dress
(Broke) Plate
- Mom praised her daughter ... - why?
- Mom praised her daughter because ... (she removed the toys)
- Well done, children, you completed all the tasks correctly and our journey ends.
10. Summary of the lesson.
- Did you enjoy traveling and answering questions? ( - Yes).
- What words begin the answer to the question "Why"? (from the words "because").
- I think that now you can answer the questions from the poem "Why". I will ask a question - and you answer:
- Why don't bananas grow on a Christmas tree?
- Bananas don't grow on a tree because they grow on a palm tree.
