complex and compound sentences

1. IDENTIFY PARTS
OF A SENTENCE

2. WHAT IS A
PHRASE?

3. A GROUP OF
WORDS THAT IS
NOT A SENTENCE

4. WHAT IS A
CLAUSE?

5. A SENTENCE THAT
IS PART OF A
LONGER
SENTENCE

6. A CLAUSE HAS
ITS OWN
SUBJECT AND
VERB

7. A CLAUSE IS
CONNECTED TO A
LONGER
SENTENCE USING

8. A CONJUNCTION
OR A
SUBORDINATOR

9. HOW MANY
CONJUCTIONS DO
WE HAVE?

10. THERE ARE 7:
FANBOYS

11. FOR, AND, NOR,
BUT, OR, YET, SO

12. A CONUNCTION
COMBINES TWO
MAIN CLAUSES IN
A SENTENCE.

13. THIS IS CALLED A
COMPOUND
SENTENCE

14. FOR EXAMPLE:

15. I WANT TO GO
HOME, BUT IT IS
RAINING.

16. I STUDY ENGLISH,
BUT IT IS HARD.

17. M S . A G A R D T E A C H E S G R A M M A R
3 I N T H E M O R I N G , A N D S H E H A S
R E A D I N G A N D W R I T I N G 2 I N
T H E A F T E R N O O N .

18. NOTICE THE
COMMA IN A
COMPOUND
SENTENCE:

19. THE COMMA IS
BEFORE THE
CONJUNCTION.

20. A COMPOUND
SENTENCE HAS
TWO

21. SUBJECTS
VERBS
TWO COMPLETE
CAUSES

22. SUBJECTS
VERBS
TWO COMPLETE
CLAUSES

23. THE CLAUSES ARE
CONNECTED
WITH A

24. CONJUNCTION:
FOR, AND, NOR,
BUT, OR, YET, SO

25. A COMPOUND
HAS A SENTENCE
HAS A COMMA

26. BEFORE THE
CONJUNCTION.

27. THINK OF A
COMPOUND
SENTENCE.

28. I NEED TO GO TO
SCHOOL, BUT I
FEEL SICK.

29. I GO TO THE
CLINIC, AND I
CHECK MY EYES.

30. I GO TO THE
CLINIC, AND I
CHECK MY EYES.

31. I WANTED TO PLAY
SOCCER THIS MORING,
BUT I COULDN’T
BECAUSE I HAD CLASS.

32. WE HAVE SEVEN
CONJUNCTIONS, BUT WE
HAVE MANY
SUBORDINATORS (=
SUBORDINATING
CONJUCTIONS).

33. BECAUSE, WHEN, WHILE,
AFTER, BEFORE, IF,
UNTIL, AS SOON AS,
EVEN THOUGH,
ALTHOUGH …

34. BECAUSE, WHEN, WHILE,
AFTER, BEFORE, IF,
UNTIL, AS SOON AS,
EVEN THOUGH,
ALTHOUGH …

35. A COMPLEX SENTENCE
CONNECTS TWO
COMPLETE CLAUSES
USING A
SUBORDINATOR.

36. I DON’T WANT TO GO
THERE BECAUSE I’M
AFRAID OF THE DOG.

37. BECAUSE I’M AFRAID
OF THE DOG, I DON’T
WANT TO GO THERE.

38. MANY STUDENTS WERE
ALREADY HERE WHEN
THE TEACHER ARRIVED
THIS MORNING.

39. WHEN THE TEACHER
ARRIVED THIS
MORNING, MANY
STUDENTS WERE
ALREADY HERE .

40. IN A COMPLEX
SENTENCE, YOU CAN
ORDER OF THE
CLAUSES! (YOU CAN’T
IN A COMPOUND
SENTENCE.)

41. IF THE SUBORDINATOR
IS IN THE MIDDLE,
THERE IS NO COMMA.

42. IF THE SUBORDINATOR
IS IN THE BEGINNING,
YOU NEED A COMMA
AFTER THE FIRST
CLAUSE.

43. IF THE SUBORDINATOR
IS IN THE BEGINNING,
YOU NEED A COMMA
AFTER THE FIRST
CLAUSE.

44. IF I HAD MORE TIME, I
COULD TAKE MORE
CLASSES. (THE
SUBORDINATOR IS IN
THE BEGINNING, SO I
USE A COMMA)

45. I COULD TAKE MORE
CLASSES IF I HAD
MORE TIME. (THE
SUBORDINATOR IS IN
THE MIDDLE, SO I USE
NO COMMA)

46. HERE ARE SOME
EXAMPLES OF COMPLEX
SENTENCES:

47. IF TODAY WERE
SUNDAY, I WOULD RUN
AROUND LAKE
MERRITT.

48. I WOULD RUN AROUND
LAKE MERRITT IF
TODAY WERE SUNDAY.

49. BECAUSE I DON’T HAVE
MONEY, I CAN’T GO
TRAVELING.

50. I CAN’T GO TRAVELING
BECAUSE I DON’T HAVE
MONEY.

51. I DRINK COFFEE
BEFORE I GO TO WORK.

52. BEFORE I GO TO WORK,
I DRINK COFFEE.