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Sentences
Simple, compound, complex
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Simple sentences
subject + verb
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Simple sentencesCan have a
compound subject
Ex. Mary and John rode the bus.
Don’t use a comma!
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Simple sentences
can have a compound verb
Ex. Mary skipped and ran
in P.E.
•Don’t use a comma!
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Compound sentencesSubject verb + subject
verb
Separate with a comma & a conjunction (AND, OR,
BUT)!Make sure both sides have a
subject and verb!
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Complex sentencesSubject & verb + subject & verb
BUT
One half has a subordinating conjunction
attached to it.
Ex. since, although, until, so that, etc.
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Complex sentencesSubordinating conjunction comes at the front of the
dependent clause.The part of the sentence w/ the sub.
conjunction is called the dependent clause.
*It is dependent because it can’t stand alone.*
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Complex sentencesThe part of the sentence w/ NO sub. conjunction is called
the INDEPENDENT CLAUSE
(because it can stand alone— independently—as a complete sentence.)
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Complex sentences
Before the game started, she fell.dep. clause ind. clause
sub. conj. “before”
Why does this sentence have a comma?
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Complex sentencesShe fell before the game
started.
This sentence is like the one before EXCEPT that the dependent clause is at the end. (It’s underlined.)
Does this sentence need a comma?
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Complex sentences
If a dependent clause comes at the beginning, put a comma
after it.
If a dependent clause comes at the end, DON’T use a comma.
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Complex sentencesEx. She told me to study so that I
would make good grades.(dep. clause underlined; no comma)
Ex. So that I would make good grades, she told me to study.(dep. clause underlined; has a
comma)
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Complex sentences
If you eat too much, you might throw up.
Which is the dependent clause?The independent clause?
Why does it have a comma?
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Complex sentences
I didn’t study although I knew I had a test.
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Complex sentences
Even though Mary is tired, she does her very best.
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Complex sentences
If you watch too much T.V., you will go blind.
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Complex sentences
I fell off the porch after I laughed too hard.
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Complex sentences
Unless you win the lottery, you should stay in school.
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Complex sentences
After school I took a long nap.
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Complex sentences
Will you give us time to study before the test?
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Complex sentences
When you walk down the street, look out for cars.
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Complex sentences
Remember…Each side of a complex
sentence contains a subject and a verb;
A prepositional phrase does not contain a verb!
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