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Simple and Compound Sentences

Simple and Compound Sentences. 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.

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Simple and Compound Sentences

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  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.

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