Mrs. Flynn’s Class

1. Mrs. Flynn’s Class Sentences: Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences

2. Objectives • Differentiate between phrases and clauses. • Identify simple, compound, and complex sentences. PP 3-1b

3. A Sentence A sentence consists of words correctly arranged to form a complete statement or idea. A sentence begins with a capital letter. ends with an ending mark of punctuation. PP 3-2

4. Phrase to score a goal to climb a tree A phrase is a sequence of words which has neither a subject nor a predicate. in our classroom at the soccer game PP 3-17

5. Clause A clause is a sequence of words with both a subject and a predicate. Independent clause: Is a complete sentence and can stand alone. Weraised money to help the Children’s Fund in Warwick. Dependent clause: Is not a complete sentence and cannot stand alone. It must be joined to an independent clause to make sense. When weraised money for the Children’s Fund, PP 3-18a

6. Clause continued When a dependent clause introduces an independent clause, place a comma at the end of the dependent clause. If you want to win the game,you must practice. Because I didn’t finish my work in school, I have extra homework. PP 3-18b

7. Simple Sentence A simple sentence is one independent clause in a subject-verb pattern. Simple Sentence definition and example from Harcourt Grammar. PP 3-20

8. Compound Sentence A compound sentence is two independent clauses connected by a coordinating conjunction. Compound Sentence definition from Harcourt Grammar. PP 3-21

9. Complex Sentence A complex sentence consists of anindependent clause and a dependent clause. Complex Sentence definition from Harcourt Grammar. PP 3-22

10. Click the button to play the game. Sentence Sort