1 / 23

Sentence types: Simple, compound, and complex

Beaver Dam Middle Schoo l Seventh-Grade Language Arts House Red. Sentence types: Simple, compound, and complex. Simple Sentences. The two parts a Simple sentence must have. _____________and_______________. List the two parts a Compound sentence must have. _____________and_______________.

eliana-bradley
Download Presentation

Sentence types: Simple, compound, and complex

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. BeaverDamMiddleSchool Seventh-Grade Language Arts House Red Sentence types:Simple, compound, and complex

  2. Simple Sentences • The two parts a Simple sentence must have. • _____________and_______________. • List the two parts a Compound sentence must have. • _____________and_______________. Subject predicate Independent clause Independent clause An INDEPENDENT clause is strong and can stand on its own.

  3. Is this a sentence? • The barn cat. • Jumping through the hoops. • Wait! • The basketball hoop and the lawnmower.

  4. Is this a sentence? • Do you know what is inside a corndog? • REMEMBER: make a question into a statement. • You do know what is inside a corndog. • Max ate.

  5. Is this a sentence? • A bunny under the deck in the front yard. • The horse jumped and galloped away. • Over Spring Break, lots of fun.

  6. Compound Sentences • Just like an Oreo Cookie, a compound Sentence has two of the same types of shells/cookies with something in the middle that keeps them together. • The INDEPENDENT Clauses are the outer cookies, and the FANBOYS are in the yummy middle keeping the clauses together.

  7. Compound Sentences • What kind of conjunctions are in Compound sentences? • _____________________. Coordinating Conjunctions

  8. Compound Sentences • My husband was working, so I went shopping. • I like chocolate ice cream, but my friend likes strawberry. • I am on a diet, yet I really want some Flaming Hot Cheetos. • He did not take the money, for it was not the right thing to do.

  9. Complex Sentences • List the two parts a COMPLEX sentence must have. • _____________and _______________ DEPENDENT CLAUSE INDEPENDENT CLAUSE Dependent Clause Independent Clause REMEMBER!!!!! A DEPENDENT CLAUSE CANNOT stand on its own. It needs a INDEPENDENT CLAUSE. Just like a child is dependent on his/her independent parent

  10. Complex Sentences • What kind of conjunctions are in a Complex Sentence? • SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS • Review your list of Subordinating conjunctions.

  11. Can you do it? • Make this into a compound sentence: • Lunch is delicious • Now make it into a complex sentence. • Can you make it into a Compound/Complex sentence?

  12. COMPLEX SENTENCES • What kind of conjunctions are in COMPLEX sentences? • __________________________ SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTOINS

  13. Subordinating Conjunction • Because the bridge wasn't properly maintained by the government, it fell down. Dependent Clause Dependent Clause Independent clause

  14. Subordinating Conjunction • Although he ate a really big dinner, now he wants to eat cake for dessert. Dependent Clause Independent Clause

  15. Subordinating Conjunction • Whenever they eat at this restaurant, they order a hamburger and fries. Dependent Clause Independent Clause

  16. He'll be able to maintain a healthy weight if he keeps exercising. Independent Clause Independent Clause Dependent Clause Subordinating Conjunction

  17. Subordinating Conjunction • Because the world is getting warmer, polar bears are in danger of becoming extinct. Dependent Clause Independent Clause Independent Clause

  18. Compound/Complex Sentences

  19. What kind of Sentences are These? • When I go to Florida, I can’t wait to eat grouper sandwiches. • Emma is the girl who is going to Hawaii over Spring Break. • The town where I moved from is Hayward, Wisconsin. • I plan on cleaning my house over Spring Break, and I want to have some friends over. • Many students like to use my laser pointer and hide it from me.

  20. Make Compound Sentences out of this Sentence. • I want ice-cream. • Make that sentence above a COMPOUND sentence in two different ways. First, add something to the beginning. Second, add something to the end.

  21. Make Compound Sentences out of this Sentence. • It’s hot outside, so I want ice-cream. • I want ice-cream, and Blue Boy is not very far away from here. Independent Clause Independent Clause Independent Clause Independent Clause Continuing the Independent Clause

  22. Make a COMPLEX sentence out of this sentence. • I want ice-cream. • Make the sentence above in to a COMPLEX sentence in two different ways. • First, add something to the beginning. Second, add something to the end.

  23. Write a COMPLEX sentence. • I want ice-cream. • Even though I’m on a strict diet, I want ice-cream. • I want ice-cream because the spring weather reminds me of summertime ice-cream adventures. Dependent Clause Independent Clause Independent Clause Dependent Clause

More Related