Remember the four sentence types: statements tell, questions ask, commands instruct and exclamations show strong feeling.
You can make sentences longer with joining words. Use and to add, but to contrast, so to show a result and because to give a reason: “It was late, so we went home.”
Mixing short and long sentences makes your writing more interesting to read.
Every sentence still needs a capital letter at the start and the right punctuation mark at the end.
Worked example
Join with a joining word: “We were hungry. We made sandwiches.”
- The second part happens as a result of the first.
- A result needs so.
Answer:We were hungry, so we made sandwiches.
Key words
- conjunction
- a joining word, like and, but, so
- statement
- a telling sentence
- command
- a bossy sentence
Practise this
New questions every time.
Common Core-referenced: L.2.1f