Your Turn to Use Different Sentence Patterns

Example of varied sentence structure in a story. A young lady named Cinderella moved in with her wicked step-mother after her mother died. Before her father died, everything was going well, but after his death her wicked step-mother took over. Cinderella knew and was many times reminded how much more her step-mother liked her step-sisters. Dog gone, that woman is really getting to me, Cinderella said to herself when asked to clean the chimney. Every day she had to clean the chimney, even though it hadnt been used. Faithfully she was sent to bed, every single night, with no supper. Now you have an idea of how a paragraph may look with different patterns of sentences. Put your skills to the test and write your own sentences using the 4 patterns below. Write using combinations of the following types of sentences. 1. A simple sentence has one subject and one verb. 2. A complex sentence is made up of both a dependent and an independent clause. 3. A compound sentence has two or more simple sentences, usually joined by a connecting word. 4. A compound-complex sentence has more than one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. EX..."After it was all over, my dad claimed he knew we were planning something, but we think he was really surprised.

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