Create and write your own sentences following the prompts below.  Write one sentence per question is the space provided.

 

1. Create a simple sentence with a simple subject and a simple verb.

 

2. Create a simple sentence, using a colon to introduce a list.  

 

3. Create a compound sentence, using a comma and a coordinating conjunction.   

 

4. Create a compound sentence, using a semicolon.  

 

5. Create a compound sentence, using a colon.   

6. Create a complex sentence, where the dependent clause comes first.   

 

7. Create a complex sentence, where the independent clause comes first.   

 

8. Create a compound-complex sentence.   

9. Create a sentence with a non-restrictive clause or appositive.   

 

10. Create a sentence with a restrictive clause or appositive.   

 

11. Create a sentence that uses more than one proper noun.   

 

12. Create a sentence that uses a preposition.