This is a series of lessons about using complex sentences in story writing. There are lots of examples of different complex sentences and lessons with labeled diagrams of sentences so that learners ...

This is the first in a series of lessons to help Upper Key Stage 2 pupils develop their use of complex sentences, particularly for story writing. The lesson includes a warm up and teacher modeling to ...

A simple sentence, also known as a main clause, shows one clear idea. It has one subject (what or who) and one verb (a doing word). Scott struggles through the snow. A compound sentence joins two ...

Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question from a reader in Burma, also known as Myanmar. For example, “we laughed” is a clause. “We” is the subject, and “laughed” is the verb. “In the ...