Compound Sentences - KS3 - teaching resource

Compound Sentences – KS3 is part of our KS3 English Essentials collection and is designed to help Year 7 and Year 8 learners understand and construct compound sentences to improve their writing skills.

Aimed at middle-ability KS3 pupils who are confident with simple sentences, this fully editable PowerPoint resource introduces compound sentence structures, coordinating conjunctions, and the popular FANBOYS acronym (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So).

The lesson includes clear explanations, step-by-step examples, and differentiated worksheets to help students build confidence and accuracy when writing compound sentences.

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Key Skills and Lesson Features Include:

 

• Recap of simple sentences before progressing to compound sentences

• Understanding coordinating conjunctions and how to use them effectively

• Introducing the FANBOYS acronym for quick recall

• Coordinating Conjunctions in Action worksheet with differentiated tasks

• Final plenary activity: spot and correct mistakes in compound sentences

• Suggested answers provided for all tasks

• Fully editable content, allowing teachers to adapt and differentiate for all ability levels

This resource can be taught as a standalone grammar lesson or used alongside our other KS3 English Essentials resources to strengthen sentence structure and writing skills.

To preview Compound Sentences – KS3, click on the images above to view sample slides from the PowerPoint presentation.

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