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Sentence Construction. Compound Sentences Complex Sentences. Compound Sentences. Compound A sentence that consists Sentenceof two or more simple sentences. Examples: The weather was perfect, and everything was ready for the picnic. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Sentence Construction
•Compound Sentences•Complex Sentences
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Compound SentencesCompound A sentence that consistsSentence of two or more simple
sentences. Examples: The weather was perfect,
and everything wasready for the picnic.The weather was perfect, so Alejandro returned to the house to put away his umbrella.
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Coordinating ConjunctionsCoordinating Words that connect
Conjunctionswords, phrases, and clauses of roughly equal importance.
Examples:ForAndNorButOrYetSo
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Compound Sentence TypesCompound A sentence that consistsSentence Type 1 of two or more simple
sentences joined by a comma followed by a coordinating conjunction.
Examples:The dog barked, and the cat yowled.Fred was more than an hour late, so I decided to go by myself.
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Conjunctive AdverbsConjunctive Words that modify wholeAdverbs sentences and indicate the
relationship between one idea and the next.
Examples:Moreover, the teamshad no choice.
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Conjunctive AdverbsExamples: "Nothing can be unconditional;
consequently, nothing can be free."(George Bernard Shaw)Afterward, anyway, besides, finally, nevertheless, on the contrary, therefore, however
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Compound Sentence TypesCompound A sentence that
consistsSentence Type 3 of two or more
simple sentences joined with a semicolon.
Examples: The dog barked; the cat yowled.
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Compound Sentence TypesCompound A sentence that consistsSentence Type 2 of two independent
clauses joined by a semicolon and a conjunctive adverb.
Examples:Tom reads novels; however, Jack reads comics.
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Complex SentencesComplex Sentence A sentence that consists
of one independent clause and one dependent clause.
Examples: When we heard how Dependent, Independent much the repairs cost, we
decided to get a new television set.
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Complex SentencesExamples:After we heard howDependent, Independent much a new television set
would cost, we thought again about the repairs.We finally decided to
Independent, Dependent get a new set although we couldn’t really afford it.
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Check, Please!Partner up!
In your partners, write a story that includes:• 1 Simple Sentence
• 2 Compound Sentences Type 1• 2 Compound Sentences Type 2• 2 Compound Sentences Type 3
• 3 Complex Sentences
Please underline and label all requirements.Your story is a western.
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SourcesD., Rebecca Elliott Ph. Painless
Grammar (Painless Series). Danbury: Barron's Educational Series, 2006.
Daniels, David I. HarperCollins College Outline English Grammar (Harper Collins College Outline Series). New York: Collins, 1991.