a sentence formed of two simple sentences and a joining word

Co-ordination for text flow

English

In this unit, pupils learn co-ordination to form compound sentences. In 'Adverbial complex sentences', pupils will begin to learn about subordination to form complex sentences.

In 'Simple sentences', pupils learnt to understand and write different types of simple sentence and to join two simple sentences using 'and'. In this unit, pupils will learn co-ordination to form compound sentences.

In this unit, pupils learn that a simple sentence is a complete sentence about one idea that can be an exclamation as well as statements, questions and commands. They learn that two ideas can be joined by three different joining words for co-ordination: 'and', 'but', 'or'.

Compound sentences

Which joining word would you choose if the second idea builds on the first idea?

Choose the joining word that would best fit in this sentence: It was his birthday __________ there were no presents.

it includes different sentence structures.

two adjectives are used to describe every noun.

every sentence starts with a fronted adverbial of time.

We climb the hill or the view is fantastic.

It is cold at the top but we have warm coats.

Would you like to hold my hand and can you get down by yourself?

Which joining word is missing from this sentence? We could play at home __________ we could go to the park.

Which joining word is missing from this sentence? We went shopping _________ we bought some new clothes.

a naming word for people, places or things

Match the word with the correct definition.

How many verbs are in a compound sentence?

Identify the joining word in this sentence: 'The squirrel scurried up the tree and the nut fell on the ground.'

Would you choose 'and', 'but' or 'or' to join two ideas that oppose each other in a compound sentence?

Starter Quiz