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Year 3 · English

Extend Sentence Composition

Year 3 learners practise joining sentences with because so and while.

The activities include Identify Main and Subordinate Clauses, Join Sentences in Different Ways, Join Sentences with 'because', so' and 'while'. The checked support below includes video, teaching, worksheet, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Identify Main and Subordinate Clauses
  • Join Sentences in Different Ways
  • Join Sentences with 'because', so' and 'while'

Checked learning resources

  • Main and Subordinate Clauses

    YouTube — Twinkl · Video · Opens on the provider website

    KS2 video identifies the complete main clause and dependent subordinate clause in complex sentences.

  • Conjunctions Express Time, Place and Cause

    YouTube — Twinkl · Video · Opens on the provider website

    KS2 video models selecting a suitable coordinating or subordinating conjunction to join sentences in different ways and explains how these connective words link ideas.

  • Simple, Compound and Adverbial Complex Sentences

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    Year 3 sequence develops clause recognition and sentence combining.

  • PlanIt Y3 Subordinate Clauses

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    Exact Year 3 lesson teaches identifying, punctuating and moving subordinate clauses.

  • PlanIt Y3 Place or Cause Conjunctions

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    Exact Year 3 lesson teaches selecting a suitable coordinating or subordinating conjunction to join sentences in different ways and compares alternative connectives.

  • Year 3 and 4 Conjunctions Word Mat

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    Lower-KS2 reference and sentence prompts support independent practice with conjunctions and connectives for selecting a suitable coordinating or subordinating conjunction to join sentences in different ways.

  • Simple, compound and adverbial complex sentences

    Oak National Academy · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 3 English resource matched to joining sentences with because so and while.

  • Grammar

    BBC Bitesize · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 3 English resource matched to joining sentences with because so and while.