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Grade 6 Sentence Structure Worksheet with Answers

Grade 6 (US) · Year 7 (UK) · Class 6 (India) · English

Unit 7: Going FurtherAdvanced: Grade 7 PreviewCCSS L.7.1bAdvanced

Telling simple, compound, complex and compound-complex sentences apart, and declarative, interrogative, imperative and exclamatory sentences. This free middle school worksheet has 12 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.

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Sentence Structure

Grade 6 · English

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Learning goal: Advanced: Grade 7 Preview · CCSS L.7.1b

Directions: This worksheet has 2 parts. Read the instructions at the start of each part.

Example

Is this sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? "Have you finished your homework?"

Answer: interrogative

RememberSentence types

Simpleone complete ideaThe dog barked.Compoundtwo ideas + FANBOYSfor, and, nor, but, or, yet, soComplexidea + dependent clausebecause, when, although…Fragment ✗missing a subject or verbRan to the park.Run-on ✗two ideas, no joiningI ran I fell.Clausehas a subject and a verbphrase: no subject + verb
Part A

Is each sentence simple, compound, or complex? Tick one box.

SimpleCompoundComplex
1My brother and I played soccer after school.
2The book that you lent me was fantastic.
3The cat jumped onto the table and knocked over a glass.
4When the bell rang, the students left.
5Running through the park, the girl lost her hat.
6The scientist, tired but determined, repeated the experiment one more time.
7If you finish early, you can read quietly.
8I wanted to go to the party; however, I had too much homework.
9Although it rained, we went outside.
10After the game ended, the fans cheered loudly.
Part B

Answer each question. Use full sentences where you can.

  1. 11

    Is this sentence simple, compound, or complex? "I'll call you when I get home, but it might be late."

  2. 12

    Is this sentence simple, compound, or complex? "She didn't know which path to take; the map that she had was torn."

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  1. 1.simple
  2. 2.complex
  3. 3.simple (compound verb)
  4. 4.complex
  5. 5.simple
  6. 6.simple
  7. 7.complex
  8. 8.compound
  9. 9.complex
  10. 10.complex
  11. 11.compound-complex
  12. 12.compound-complex
  13. ★a stamp (challenge corner)

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