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Simple and Compound Sentences

Help Year 2 students recognise simple and compound sentences and join ideas using conjunctions.

AC9E2LA06EnglishSentencesAnswer Key Included

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Learning Intention

Students will identify simple sentences and join two ideas using and, but or so to make compound sentences.

Australian Curriculum

AC9E2LA06

Understand how simple and compound sentences can be used to express ideas.

Teacher Notes

Teach “and”, “but”, “so”. Students practise joining two short sentences and identifying which is simple or compound.

Skills Practised

  • Simple sentences
  • Compound sentences
  • Conjunctions
  • Sentence combining