Sentence Structures Practice

Master sentence structures with our practice worksheet! Identify simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.

What type of sentence is this?The team must work together, or they will lose the game. Simple Sentence Compound Sentence Complex Sentence Compound-Complex Sentence What type of sentence is this?The students were ecstatic because they didn't have homework in any of their classes. Simple Sentence Compound Sentence Complex Sentence Compound-Complex Sentence What type of sentence is this?Melanie went shopping at Target before she left for vacation in the Bahamas, and she bought a new pair of sandals at DSW. Simple Sentence Compound Sentence Complex Sentence Compound-Complex Sentence Terms to Know for Sentence Structures Match the term to the correct definition. Subordinate (Dependent) Clause cannot stand alone as a sentence and begins with a subordinating conjunction like because, until, since, when, etc. Compound Sentence two or more independent clauses joined with a comma and a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, so) Complex Sentence one independent clause joined with one or more subordinate (dependent) clauses Simple Sentence one independent clause Independent Clause a clause that can stand alone as a complete sentence Subordinating Conjunction a word that begins a subordinate (dependent) clause (whenever, although, since, until) Coordinating Conjunction a word that connects two independent clauses (and, but, or, so, yet)