Is a sentence that expresses a complete thought.

Maizon will attend a new school soon.

I love my family.

Use and or but to join two complete

sentences to make a

compound sentence.

Always use a comma before

the joining word in a compound

sentence.

Jiro-San knew many secrets of

the sea.

Taro learned some of them.

Jiro-San knew many secrets of

the sea, and Taro learned

some of them.

Jiro-San was Taro’s good

friend.

Yuko didn’t like him.

Jiro-San was Taro’s good

friend, but Yuko didn’t like him.

Taro listened carefully from

the rock.

All he heard were seagulls

crying.

Taro listened carefully from

the rock, but all he heard were

seagulls crying.

Together they cleaned the

beach.

Jiro-San’s old friends did not

come.

Together they cleaned the

beach, but Jiro-San’s old friends

did not come.