Sentence Sense Builders: Simple, Compound & Complex Sentences for Grade 6 

This Grade 6 mastery-level worksheet strengthens students’ understanding of sentence structure by focusing on Simple, Compound, and Complex sentences. Designed for upper middle school learners, it helps students recognise how ideas are formed, connected, and expanded using conjunctions and subordinators like and, but, so, because, when, and if. With a progression of identification, selection, rewriting, passage-based application, and paragraph writing tasks, learners move from concept clarity to confident sentence construction. 

Why Sentence Types Matter in Grammar? 

Understanding sentence types is essential for Grade 6 learners because: 
1. Simple sentences build clarity with one complete idea. 
2. Compound sentences show how equal ideas are joined logically. 
3. Complex sentences help express cause, time, condition, and reason. 
4. Correct sentence variety improves writing flow and sophistication. 

What’s Inside This Worksheet? 

This worksheet includes five structured grammar activities that support sentence mastery: 

✏️ Exercise 1 – Identify Sentence Types 
Students underline simple sentences, highlight compound sentences, and circle complex sentences in a mixed set. Example: “I stayed inside *because it was cold*.” 

🧠 Exercise 2 – Multiple Choice Identification 
Students select the correct option by identifying simple, compound, or complex sentence patterns and correct use of conjunctions and subordinators. 

✍️ Exercise 3 – Sentence Rewriting 
Students rewrite given sentences by changing them into a specified sentence type (simple, compound, or complex), applying grammar rules accurately. 

📝 Exercise 4 – Fill in the Blanks (Passage-Based) 
Learners complete a passage using suitable sentence-type words such as conjunctions and subordinators, reinforcing contextual understanding. 

📖 Exercise 5 – Paragraph Writing 
Students write a paragraph on “My Favourite Season” using a mix of simple, compound, and complex sentences to demonstrate mastery. 

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Exercise 1 – Identify Sentence Types 
1. Simple 
2. Simple 
3. Complex 
4. Complex 
5. Compound 
6. Compound 
7. Compound 
8. Simple 
9. Simple 
10. Complex 

Exercise 2 – Multiple Choice Questions 
1. b) Riya reads every morning. 
2. c) Raj plays and sings today. 
3. a) Meera studies because test nears. 
4. c) Ravi runs and jumps quickly. 
5. a) Asha sings in assembly. 
6. b) We go home when bell rings. 
7. c) Raj played and Meera cheered. 
8. b) I read books at night. 
9. a) The sky is clear and stars shine. 
10. c) She smiled because she was happy. 

Exercise 3 – Sentence Rewriting 
1–10. Answers may vary. 

Exercise 4 – Fill in the Blanks (Sample Answers) 
simple, compound, complex, because, and, because, because, because, because, while 

Exercise 5 – Paragraph Writing 
Answers may vary.
 

Help your child write clearer, stronger, and more varied sentences with this Grade 6 Sentence Types mastery worksheet. 
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