Compound and adverbial complex sentences revision
You can recognise the difference between compound sentences and adverbial complex sentences.
Compound and adverbial complex sentences revision
You can recognise the difference between compound sentences and adverbial complex sentences.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- A comma is a punctuation mark with more than one purpose.
- Commas are often used to demarcate clauses in a range of sentence types.
- If the adverbial clause starts an adverbial complex sentence, it is followed by a comma then the main clause.
- A comma is used before "but" and "or" co-ordinating conjunctions when they join two main clauses in a compound sentence.
- Grammatically accurate sentences start with capital letters and most often end with full stops.
Keywords
Comma - a punctuation mark used before "but" or "or" co-ordinating conjunctions in a compound sentence
Comma - a punctuation mark used to separate the first adverbial clause from the second main clause in an adverbial complex sentence
Adverbial complex sentence - a sentence formed of a main clause and an adverbial subordinate clause
Adverbial clause - a type of subordinate clause that starts with a subordinating conjunction
Preposition - word or words that can tell the reader where a noun is
Common misconception
Pupils are confused with when to use a comma and when not to use a comma.
A comma is used before "but" and "or" co-ordinating conjunctions. A comma is used after the adverbial clause if it is first in the sentence.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
Exit quiz
6 Questions
a word that joins words, phrases or clauses
a word that joins 2 main clauses to form a compound sentence
a word that starts an adverbial clause
for giving a time frame
for giving a result
for stating simultaneous action
for giving a reason