University of North Carolina
Sentence Patterns
In an ideal world, sentences in a college-level essay should feature a variety of sentence types. In reality, most papers stick to simple and compound sentences, two of the types a handout on sentence patterns discusses. Part of a larger...
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Subject and Predicates, Oh My!
Eliminate all doubt when it comes to sentence structure with nine thorough lesson plans. Whether you want your young writers to vary their sentence structure or shore up their knowledge of conjunctions and semicolons, these lessons are a...
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Sentence Patterns
Clear up confusion surrounding simple, compound, and complex sentences. The poster, which could also be used as a reference sheet, includes five examples. The types of clauses, parts of speech, and types of punctuation are color-coded to...
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The ABC's of the Three Little Pigs
Writers use varied sentence patterns. They listen to the story of Cinderella rewritten so that each sentence starts with the next letter of the alphabet. They create their own version of The Three Little Pigs using the same concept.
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Writing and Reading Center #1: Sentence Combining
Plagued with a horde of short, choppy sentences? Banish simplistic patterns from the writings of your pupils by modeling for them how to combine sentences to create lively, more interesting prose. Then provide them with a sentence...
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Writing and Reading Center #2: Sentence Combining
Still plagued by short, choppy sentences in the writings of your class members? Here's another practice set that asks learners to combine a series of short sentences into a single, more interesting one. Could be used as an in-class drill...
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Sentence Patterns
Supplement instruction on sentence patterns and types by providing this reference sheet for your class members. Included on this page are definitions of many different sentence patterns and an example of each. A useful item for pupils to...
Edmond Public Schools
How to Use Sentence Variety to Strengthen Your Writing
Convey the importance of sentence variety and introduce your class to different sentence patterns. Have class members take notes or take some breaks in the presentation to practice writing the variety of patterns introduced.
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Sentence Patterns I: Locating Subjects and Verbs
Tighten up your class's grammar with this straightforward worksheet on sentence patterns. After a short review about sentence patterns, clauses, and subjects and verbs, ten questions prompt young writers to identify the parts of the...
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Sentence Structure - Patterns
In this grammar worksheet, students join each simple sentence into a complex sentence by adding words to make one sentence of each pair an adverbial or relative clause.
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Expressing Cause and Effect: Discovering Effective Sentence Patterns
In this cause and effect practice worksheet, learners collaborate as they complete 6 exercises that require them examine sentence patterns.
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Sentence Patterns – Review
In this sentence patterns review worksheet, learners examine 8 sentences and rewrite each of them making corrections in sentence structure.
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Sentence Structure - Patterns
In this grammar worksheet, students rewrite two paragraphs by joining simple sentences into complex and compound sentences. Students make sure each sentence is grammatically correct.
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Verbal Spin-Off
In this making sentences worksheet, students use spinners to determine sentence patterns and write them with correct verb tense.
Towson University
Towson University: Online Writing Support: Sentence Structure
This page offers a list of links to entries about sentence structure including elements of sentence construction, sentence types and punctuation, connectors, sentence patterns, pattern transformations, and active/passive voice.
Towson University
Towson University: Online Writing Support: Sentence Patterns
This entry explains sentence patterns and lists the 10 sentence patterns that cover most sentences including examples of each.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Sentence Patterns Exercise 1
This is a 15-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on determining Sentence Patterns.
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Towson University: Ows: Sentence Patterns Exercise 3
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on determining Sentence Patterns.
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Towson University: Ows: Sentence Patterns Exercise 4
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on determining Sentence Patterns.
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Towson University: Ows: Sentence Patterns Exercise 5
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on determining Sentence Patterns.
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Towson University: Ows: Sentence Patterns Exercise 6
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on determining Sentence Patterns.