Simple and Compound Sentences by Ms Rice What

Simple and Compound Sentences by Ms. Rice ©

What is a sentence? • A sentence is a group of words containing a subject and a verb. • A sentence must make sense!!

What is a simple sentence? • Can stand alone (independent) • Can contain compound parts (such as two subject, two verbs, or both) • The squirrel found and buried the food.

What is a compound sentence? • two or more simple sentences joined together • may be joined by a semicolon or a comma and a coordinating conjunction

Semicolon • Compound sentences can be joined together by a semicolon. • The squirrel climbed the bird feeder; the birds flew away.

Coordinating Conjunctions • Compound sentences can be joined by a comma and a conjunction. • but, or, yet, for, and, nor, so • The bird climbed the bird feeder, and the birds flew away.

Examples • Justin Lebo of Saddle Brook, New Jersey, loved bikes. • He and his dad shared an interest in bicycle racing. • They had their garage set up like a bike shop; they worked there on bikes all the time.

Examples • Tropical storms often hit Florida. People from this state know how to prepare. • Tropical storms often hit Florida people from this state know how to prepare.

Assignment • Pg. 151 • Pg. 152 A-B • Pg. 153 #1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9