Complex Sentences and Clauses
Students learn that a complex sentence has a main clause that can stand alone and a subordinate clause that cannot, joined by a…
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 20 min
- Questions
- 20 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
6 free sentences & clauses resources for Year 6: 6 worksheets. Answers included.
Simple, compound and complex sentences; conjunctions; clauses. Year 6 brings fractions with different denominators, decimals, factors and multiples, written multiplication and division, and problem solving across several steps.
Students will practise: identifying main and subordinate clauses; choosing subordinating conjunctions; combining sentences into complex sentences; classifying simple, compound and complex sentences; identifying relative clauses; choosing who, which or that; combining sentences with a relative clause; adding detail about a noun.
Printable practice with an answer sheet.
Students learn that a complex sentence has a main clause that can stand alone and a subordinate clause that cannot, joined by a…
Students learn that a relative clause adds information about a noun and starts with a relative pronoun such as who, which or that. They…
Students learn that starting every sentence the same way makes writing dull, and try out five ways to open a sentence: with an adverb, a…
Choose the joining word (conjunction) that makes sense: and, but, so, because, or — and, at the advanced level, although, unless, until,…
Choose the joining word (conjunction) that makes sense: and, but, so, because, or — and, at the advanced level, although, unless, until,…
Choose the joining word (conjunction) that makes sense: and, but, so, because, or — and, at the advanced level, although, unless, until,…
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Simple, compound and complex sentences; conjunctions; clauses. At Year 6, our resources focus on: identifying main and subordinate clauses; choosing subordinating conjunctions; combining sentences into complex sentences; classifying simple, compound and complex sentences.
Start with the Level 1 or Level 2 worksheet, then move up a level. Finish with the topic test if there is one.
Yes — every worksheet has an answer sheet. Maths answer sheets show the working; English tasks include model answers or success criteria.
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