Review “Types of Sentences.” For the all of the sentences below, use these core words: tree(s)

(subj), lose(s) (verb), leaf(ves) (obj.).

A. Write a simple sentence using the core words above.
B. Add a prepositional phrase to sentence #1.
C. Write a compound sentence using the core words (plus your own additions).
D. Write another compound sentence, linking the clauses in a different grammatical way.
E. Write a complex sentence using the core words (plus your own additions) and placing the dependent
clause first.
F. Write another complex sentence using the core words (plus your own additions) and linking the
clauses with a subordinating conjunction.
G. Write another complex sentence using the core words (plus your own additions). This time, interrupt
the main clause with a subordinate clause that begins with a relative pronoun.
H. Write a compound-complex sentence. Watch wordiness! Pay attention to punctuation.

Answers: Answers will vary from student to student, but some answers might be:
A. The trees lose leaves. See “Types of Sentences,” page 25: “A simple sentence contains one
independent clause. The most common construction is subject-verb-object.”

B. Before winter, the trees lose leaves. See “Sentence Parts,” page 23: “A prepositional phrase is a
preposition followed by its object.”
C. The trees lose their leaves before winter, but they still manage to survive. See “Types of Sentences,”
page 26: “A compound sentence has two or more independent clauses, each containing a subject and a
predicate and each expressing a complete thought.”
D. The trees lose their leaves before winter; they still manage to survive. . See “Types of Sentences,”
page 26: “The two complete clauses, equal or nearly equal in importance, are linked (coordinated) by a
conjunction and a comma, semicolon or colon.”
E. Although the trees lose their leaves before winter, they still manage to survive. See “Types of
Sentences,” page 26: “A complex sentence contains one independent (main) clause and at least one
dependent (subordinate) clause.”
F. The trees lose their leaves before blooming again in May. See “Types of Sentences,” page 27: “. . .
conjunctions (before, although) introduce the dependent clauses. These words, sometimes called
subordinating conjunctions, establish the relationship between the two sentence parts.”
G. The trees that lose their leaves before winter make me happy. See “Types of Sentences,” page 27: “A
dependent clause can also be subordinated to the main clause by relative pronouns (who, whom, whose,
which or that).”
H. After the trees lose their leaves, I will pack my bags, and I will leave for Florida. See “Types of
Sentences,” page 27: A compound-complex sentence contains at least two main clauses and one
dependent clause.”