Klekas Sentence Types

A simple sentence is like...

After the morning bell, students banged on the back door, unsuccessfully trying to get in. (This is a...)

A compound sentence is like...

A compound-complex sentence is like...

While Baby Yoda is actually ugly, fans find him super cute, but his merchandise is not yet available. (This is a...)

A complex sentence is like...

Students may find IXL skill tests annoying, but they know that the practice can improve their SAT scores.

The students felt sad that winter break was over. (This is a...)

Because students keep making paper darts, they have wasted many sticky notes! (This is a...)

Before students turn in their next article form, they should carefully check their punctuation and formatting.

There are ___ types of sentence structures.

Sentence types are determined by the type and number of ___.