2nd and 3rd Grade Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences Resources

Use this resource to practice taking simple sentences and expanding them by adding subordinating conjunctions.

Children will enjoy assembling their own compound sentences in this carnival-themed grammar worksheet.

Give students practice writing simple sentences with this open-ended worksheet! 

Students practice writing compound sentences in this one-page grammar worksheet!

Punctuation Pig offers a lesson in punctuating dialogue in this playful grammar worksheet.

Learners will practice identifying and correcting run-on sentences.

Create complex sentences by combining independent and dependent clauses in this grammar worksheet!

Practice writing complex sentences with this simple grammar worksheet for third and fourth graders!

In this grammar worksheet, learners will practice identifying and punctuating the conjunction in each of five sentences.

Students practice creating compound sentences in this grammar and sentence structure worksheet.

Children will turn fragments into complete sentences in this introductory grammar worksheet.

This worksheet will give your child the practice he needs to identify sentence fragments and rewrite them as complete sentences.

Children will practice expanding simple sentences into compound sentences in this simple grammar worksheet.

In this grammar and mechanics worksheet, children learn to spot and write compound predicates in 10 practice sentences.

Children will learn about subjects, verbs, and objects, and how they come together to form sentences.

Can your child help Sarah make her writing less repetitive? This sentence combining exercise will help your child, too!

This multiple-choice sentence practice sheet gives kids a chance to show off their grammar knowledge by identifying different types of sentences.

In this grammar worksheet, learners will practice identifying conjunctions and correctly placing punctuation in each of five sentences.

Understanding first person narrative is important for every student to master! Grasp the concept of first person with the help of this worksheet.

Turn text messages full of abbreviated language and lacking punctuation into proper English.

Third person narrative is the most commonly used point of view in writing. Introduce your child to the concept of third person narrative with this worksheet.

Give your third grader extra comma practice with this worksheet that asks them to combine two sentences into one using a comma.

This exercise is designed to reinforce the concept of writing compound sentences to show relationships between two independent clauses. Your students will write compound sentences with the support of sentence frames.

This three-part series of writing prompts will reinforce story structure and creativity in your child's writing.

What's a non-identifying clause? It's just a part of a sentence that gives extra info. See where to put the commas with this punctuation worksheet!