Simple and Compound Sentences

1. Simple and Compound Sentences

2. Independent Clauses • An independent clause contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought. • Independent clause = Simple Sentence. • Ex. Dogs are cool. • I like cheese. • How do you know? If you are looking at a sentence and you see a subject and a verb, put a period after the phrase in question to see if it completes a thought.

3. Dependent Clauses • Contains a subject and a verb, but does not express a complete thought. Dependent clauses cannot stand on their own as a complete sentence. • Example: If he went. • Whenever you want to play ball,

4. Simple Sentences. • A simple sentence has one independent clause and no subordinate clauses. It has only one subject and one predicate.

5. 1. • The flower bed needs weeding, but the grass does not need cutting.

6. 1. • No, this is not simple. It is compound.

7. 4. • The gnats bit Donald and Shauna.

8. 4. • YES! Simple!

9. 6. • We read the lesson before we wrote our essays.

10. 6. • NO! NOT SIMPLE!!!!! • Independent clause + Dependent Clause= Complex Sentence!

11. Compound Sentences • A compound sentence has two or more independent clauses but no subordinate clauses. • Combine with a comma (,) and a conjunction (and, but, for, nor, yet) • Combine with a semi-colon (;) • The cat puked all over the living room, (and, but) I didn’t have enough paper towels to clean it all up.

12. 1. • We watered the garden, but the plants still drooped in the heat.

13. 4. • When Ezra returned from camp, Janet was already there.

14. 2. • Roberto laughed; Adam didn’t.

15. 7. • I was very tired, but I couldn’t sleep. • COMPOUND.