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Expanding Sentences with Clauses

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📚 Part 1: Identifying Simple Sentences

1. Circle the who (subject) and underline the what (action) in each simple sentence:

a) The dog barked loudly.

b) My sister played football.

c) The teacher smiled at us.

d) A bird flew overhead.

2. Which of these is a simple sentence?

The cat, who was hungry, meowed.

The cat meowed.

Because the cat was hungry.

3. Tick the sentences that could be expanded with more detail:

The boy ran.

The flowers bloomed.

The rain stopped.

Cars drive fast.

✏️ Part 2: Expanding with 'Who' and 'What'

4. Expand this sentence using who: "The girl laughed."

The girl, who _________________________, laughed.

5. Expand this sentence using what: "The dog slept."

The dog slept _________________________.

6. Choose the best way to expand: "The teacher spoke."

The teacher, who wore glasses, spoke.

The teacher spoke because.

Teacher spoke loudly.

7. Complete these expanded sentences:

a) The boy, who loved football, _________________________.

b) The cat slept _________________________ all afternoon.

🌟 Part 3: Create Your Own

8. Write your own simple sentence, then expand it using 'who':

Expanded: ________________________________________________

9. Take this simple sentence and make it more interesting by adding details:

Simple: "The bird sang."

10. Challenge: Expand this sentence in TWO different ways:

Original: "The children played."

Version 1: ________________________________________________

Version 2: ________________________________________________

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