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Quick Review of Independent Clauses and Dependent Clauses

Don’t forget compound sentences, too!. Quick Review of Independent Clauses and Dependent Clauses. Compound Sentence. Remember, a compound sentence is a sentence with the following: 2 ICs (aka simple sentences) 1 Coordinator (aka FANBOYS). Independent Clauses.

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Quick Review of Independent Clauses and Dependent Clauses

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  1. Don’t forget compound sentences, too! Quick Review of Independent Clauses and Dependent Clauses

  2. Compound Sentence • Remember, a compound sentence is a sentence with the following: • 2 ICs (aka simple sentences) • 1 Coordinator (aka FANBOYS)

  3. Independent Clauses • Independent Clause: a group of words that contains a subject, a predicate, and a complete thought. • Example: My ninja duck defeated the evil flying squirrels.

  4. My ninja duck defeated the evil flying squirrels. • Subject: duck • Predicate: defeated • Complete thought: Yep. No questions here. I have all the information I need.

  5. INDEPENDENT CLAUSE INDEPENDENT CLAUSE , COORDINATOR FOR AND NOR BUT OR YET SO

  6. Example: • My raccoon is brown, and he likes to eat bananas. • First IC: My raccoon is brown • Coordinator: and • Second IC: He likes to eat bananas

  7. Your Turn! • Write TWO compound sentences. • Possible topics: Aliens, dinosaurs, zombies, ninjas, superheroes, rock stars, teachers (wootwoot!), clothing, …or anything else. • Be sure to use two DIFFERENT coordinators

  8. Independent Clauses • Independent Clause: a group of words that contains a subject, a predicate, and a complete thought. • Example: My ninja duck defeated the evil flying squirrels.

  9. My ninja duck defeated the evil flying squirrels. • Subject: duck • Predicate: defeated • Complete thought: Yep. No questions here. I have all the information I need.

  10. Dependent Clause • Dependent Clause: a group of words that does not express a complete thought, yet contains a subordinator. • Example: Because my ninja duck defeated the evil flying squirrels.

  11. Because my ninja duck defeated the evil flying squirrels. • Subject: duck • Predicate: defeated • Complete thought: ...Not quite. The subordinator “because” makes me wonder what happened as a result of the ninja duck’s defeat of the evil flying squirrels.

  12. Hold the phone… • Are you telling me, miss, that just because “because” was added to the IC, it became a DC? • Yes! It’s true! When a subordinator is added to the beginning of an IC, it becomes a DC. My ninja duck defeated the evil flying squirrels. BECAUSE my ninja duck defeated the evil flying squirrels.

  13. List of Subordinators

  14. Your turn! • Create three sentences that have one dependent clause and one independent clause. • This is called a COMPLEX SENTENCE. Don’t worry, we’ll get to it 

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