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Sentence Construction

Sentence Construction. Compound Sentences Complex Sentences. Compound Sentences. Compound A sentence that consists Sentence of two or more simple sentences. Examples: The weather was perfect, and everything was ready for the picnic.

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Sentence Construction

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  1. Sentence Construction Compound Sentences Complex Sentences

  2. Compound Sentences Compound A sentence that consists Sentence of two or more simple sentences. Examples: The weather was perfect, and everything was ready for the picnic. The weather was perfect, so Alejandro returned to the house to put away his umbrella.

  3. Coordinating Conjunctions Coordinating Words that connect Conjunctions words, phrases, and clauses of roughly equal importance. Examples: For And Nor But Or Yet So

  4. Compound Sentence Types Compound A sentence that consists Sentence Type 1 of two or more simple sentences joined by a comma followed by a coordinating conjunction. Examples: The dog barked, and the cat yowled. Fred was more than an hour late, so I decided to go by myself.

  5. Conjunctive Adverbs Conjunctive Words that modify whole Adverbs sentences and indicate the relationship between one idea and the next. Examples: Moreover, the teams had no choice.

  6. Conjunctive Adverbs Examples: "Nothing can be unconditional; consequently, nothing can be free." (George Bernard Shaw) Afterward, anyway, besides, finally, nevertheless, on the contrary, therefore, however

  7. Compound Sentence Types Compound A sentence that consists Sentence Type 3 of two or more simple sentences joined with a semicolon. Examples: The dog barked; the cat yowled.

  8. Compound Sentence Types Compound A sentence that consists Sentence Type 2 of two independent clauses joined by a semicolon and a conjunctive adverb. Examples: Tom reads novels; however, Jack reads comics.

  9. Complex Sentences Complex Sentence A sentence that consists of one independent clause and one dependent clause. Examples: When we heard how Dependent, Independent much the repairs cost, we decided to get a new television set.

  10. Complex Sentences Examples: After we heard how Dependent, Independent much a new television set would cost, we thought again about the repairs. We finally decided to Independent, Dependent get a new set although we couldn’t really afford it.

  11. Check, Please! Partner up! In your partners, write a story that includes: • 1 Simple Sentence • 2 Compound Sentences Type 1 • 2 Compound Sentences Type 2 • 2 Compound Sentences Type 3 • 3 Complex Sentences Please underline and label all requirements. Your story is a western.

  12. Sources D., Rebecca Elliott Ph. Painless Grammar (Painless Series). Danbury: Barron's Educational Series, 2006. Daniels, David I. HarperCollins College Outline English Grammar (Harper Collins College Outline Series). New York: Collins, 1991.

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