Sentence Construction Simple Sentences Compound Sentences Coordinating Conjunctions

Sentence Construction • Simple Sentences • Compound Sentences • Coordinating Conjunctions • Conjunctive Adverbs

Phrase Examples: A word combination that does not have a subject and predicate. In the morning, everything will look more cheerful. I should have gone with her yesterday.

Clause Example: A word combination that does have a subject and predicate. The man carried his little son, and his daughter walked beside him.

Types of Clauses Independent Clause Examples: A clause that can stand alone as a sentence. A strong wind began to blow from the northeast. The sky grew dark. A strong wind began to blow from the northeast, and the sky grew dark.

Types of Clauses Dependent Clause Examples: A clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence. A man speaks Spanish because he can. He often speaks Greek to me because I find it very fascinating.

Simple Sentences Simple Sentence Examples: Can have more than one subject A sentence that consists of a single independent clause. The textbook was confusing. The textbook and the lectures were confusing.

Simple Sentences, Continued Examples: Can have more than one verb The textbook looked interesting but proved difficult to understand. Can have both more than one subject and more than one verb. The textbook and the lectures seemed difficult but were really very useful.

Check, Please! What types of clauses can be simple sentences? Why? What types of clauses cannot be simple sentences? Why? Simple sentences cannot contain dependent clauses or another independent clause.

Compound Sentences Compound Sentence Examples: A sentence that consists of two or more simple sentences. The weather was perfect, and everything was ready for the picnic. The weather was perfect, so Alejandro returned to the house to put away his umbrella.

Coordinating Conjunctions Examples: Words that connect words, phrases, and clauses of roughly equal importance. For And Nor But Or Yet So

Compound Sentence Types Compound Sentence Type 1 Examples: A sentence that consists of two or more simple sentences joined by a comma followed by a coordinating conjunction. The dog barked, and the cat yowled. Fred was more than an hour late, so I decided to go by myself.

Conjunctive Adverbs Words that modify whole sentences and indicate the relationship between one idea and the next. Examples: Moreover, the teams had no choice.

Conjunctive Adverbs Examples: "Nothing can be unconditional; consequently, nothing can be free. " (George Bernard Shaw) Afterward, anyway, besides, finally, nevertheless, on the contrary, therefore, however

Compound Sentence Types Compound Sentence Type 2 A sentence that consists of two independent clauses joined by a semicolon and a conjunctive adverb. Examples: Tom reads novels; however, Jack reads comics.

Compound Sentence Types Compound Sentence Type 3 Examples: A sentence that consists of two or more simple sentences joined with a semicolon. The dog barked; the cat yowled.

Check, Please! Topic: fish and guinea pigs Write three sentences: 1. Compound Sentence Type 1 2. Compound Sentence Type 2 3. Compound Sentence Type 3

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More Sentence Construction • Subordinating Conjunctions • Complex Sentences

Review 1. What is an independent clause? 2. What is a dependent clause? 3. What is a simple sentence? 4. Name the coordinating conjunctions.

Review 5. Describe compound sentence type 1. Write an example. 6. Describe compound sentence type 2. Write an example. 7. Describe compound sentence type 3. Write an example.

Subordinating Conjunctions Coordinating Conjunctions Subordinating Conjunction Connect words, phrases, and clauses of roughly equal importance. Connect clauses and indicate that one of the two clauses is more important than the other.

Subordinating Conjunctions Examples: After, although, as, because, if, since, unless, when, while Leslie hid the dirty dishes in a cabinet before her mother came into the kitchen.

Subordinating Conjunctions A subordinating conjunction is always followed by a clause. Examples: Unless we act now, all is lost.

Check, Please! Write three sentences that include a subordinating conjunction.

Complex Sentences Complex Sentence Examples: Dependent, Independent A sentence that consists of one independent clause and one dependent clause. When we heard how much the repairs cost, we decided to get a new television set.

Complex Sentences Examples: Dependent, Independent, Dependent After we heard how much a new television set would cost, we thought again about the repairs. We finally decided to get a new set although we couldn’t really afford it.

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 Conjunctive Adverbs • 3 Complex Sentences • 4 Coordinating Conjunctions • 4 Subordinating Conjunctions Please underline and label all requirements. Your story is a western.

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