1. Type of sentences
Simple sentences
o My mother accompanied me to school on the first day.
o Other parents accompanied their children as well.
o We all waited in front of the school office.
o Soon recess came.
o I had made many friends.
o It had been a wonderful first day at school.
Compound sentences
o Soon a teacher came and led us to some classrooms.
o There we were put into four separate classes.
o I did not cry because I had been to kindergarten before.
o Actually my mother went home soon after for she knew I would be all right.
o Some of us headed for the tuck-shop while the rest headed for their parents.
o I bought a drink with the money my mother gave me. Getting to know my new
friends had made me thirsty.
o After recess we went back to our classroom and my new friends and I managed
to coax two boys to stop crying.
o In fact, soon we were laughing and playing together.
o Once in a while the teacher had to tell us to keep quiet as we were making too
much noise.
o Finally the bell rang for us to go home.
o Some of us were very relieved to be reunited with our parents.
o I too was glad to see my mother waiting for me at the school gate.

2. Complex sentences
o This was when some children began to cry as the parents were not allowed into
the classrooms.
o It was an enjoyable time for me as I got to know my new classmates
o The teacher was very busy writing down our particulars so we had plenty of time
to ourselves
o Meantime some children continued to sob while their parents looked in anxiously
through the windows.
o Still some parents looked in anxiously through the windows.