Dive into sentence types with this engaging worksheet focused on simple, compound, and complex sentences. The worksheet opens with a brief review and examples of each sentence form and then challenges students to classify ten sentences about Rufus and Mittens. Suitable for 5th-to 7th-grade literacy curricula, this activity aids in honing writing and editing prowess, positioning students to enhance their sentence variety in written work.

Imagine simple, compound, and complex sentences as building blocks for your writing. A simple sentence is like a single block; it has one idea with one subject and one verb, like "The dog barked." A compound sentence is built with two blocks joined together by a connecting word, like "and" or "but," such as "The dog barked, and the cat ran away." A complex sentence is a bit more special; it has a main idea (main block) and an extra part (smaller block) that gives more details, like "The dog barked because it saw a squirrel." This additional part can't stand alone, but it makes the sentence more interesting by adding details.