A simplified, highly visual, student-friendly lesson focused on identifying subjects, predicates, verbs, and direct objects. Includes clean double-page worksheets and matching teacher answer keys with plenty of space for handwriting.
11 Ireland is a small country but Canada is a big country.
Subject: Ireland / Canada
Verb: is / is
Direct Object: None
12 My brother doesn't take a bus to work. He likes to drive to work.
Subject: brother / He
Verb: take / likes
Direct Object: bus
Preposition: to work
13 I don't want to make any mistakes. I want to do my work carefully.
Subject: I / I
Verb: want / do
Direct Object: mistakes / work
14 Please talk quietly in the library. Don't make lots of noise. (you)
Subject: you (implied)
Verb: talk / make
Direct Object: noise
Preposition: in library
15 I want to write the phone number so I don't forget it.
Subject: I / I
Verb: write / forget
Direct Object: number / it
16 The food is cooking slowly in the oven. We have to wait another hour.
Subject: food / We
Verb: cooking / wait
Direct Object: hour
Preposition: in the oven
Level 2 Key: Practice Page 2 of 2
Simple Compound Complex
16 During the cold winter, we have to wait inside.
Simple Compound Complex
Section C
Clauses Architect Challenge
Directions: Write your own original **Complex Sentence**. Use a violet pencil to draw parentheses ( ) around your independent clause, and a blue pencil to draw brackets [ ] around your dependent clause!
Your Sentence:
Clauses Level 2 Page 2 of 2
14 (Please talk quietly inside the school library).
✓ Simple Compound Complex
15 (I want to write the phone number) [before I forget it].
Simple Compound ✓ Complex
16 (During the cold winter, we have to wait inside).
✓ Simple Compound Complex
Section C
Clauses Architect Challenge (Answers Will Vary)
Directions: Write your own original **Complex Sentence**. Use a violet pencil to draw parentheses ( ) around your independent clause, and a blue pencil to draw brackets [ ] around your dependent clause!
Model Answer:
(I bought a new book yesterday) [because I love reading adventure stories!]
