Grow Writers with a Complex Sentences Worksheet Pack

Help your students master more complex sentence structures with this Complex Sentences Worksheet Pack, designed specifically for upper primary learners. As students progress through the years, it becomes increasingly important for them to build strong writing skills, including the ability to write and identify complex sentence types.

This Complex Sentence Worksheet Pack offers specialised practice to help students develop their ability to identify and use dependent and independent clauses to write complex sentences.

You’ll ♥️ Each Worksheet for Complex Sentences!

This Complex Sentences Printable Worksheet Pack includes thoughtfully designed complex sentence worksheets that combine reading comprehension with grammar and writing development. Each two-sided worksheet includes a short reading passage that students will annotate, identifying the subordinating conjunction, dependent clause and independent clause used by the author.

After completing the passage annotation, students will transition into Writing Complex Sentences Practice. Each worksheet includes 8 prompts in which students are asked to combine two simple sentences into one well-formed complex sentence.

This resource includes answer keys for easy grading.

Download Your Complex Sentences Worksheet – Year 5 Resource

This Complex Sentences Worksheet – Year 5 Resource Pack is available in two ready-to-use formats. Click the dropdown arrow on the download button to select the PDF version, or download the editable Google Slides file should you need to make any changes before printing.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher and Teach Starter Collaborator.

Resources to Pair With Your Year 5 Complex Sentences Worksheets

Looking for even more ways to support your students as they grow into strong writers? These Year 5 Complex Sentences Worksheets pair perfectly with other grammar and sentence structure resources in our collection. Make sure to download these resources before you go.

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Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences Posters

Use these posters to show your students the attributes that make up simple, compound and complex sentences.

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Compound, Complex and Simple Sentences PowerPoint

Introduce your students to compound, complex and simple sentences with an engaging types of sentences PowerPoint.

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Roll and Write – Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences

An interactive activity to help students practise writing simple, compound and complex sentences.