compound sentences and punctuations. Commas

1. VERB TENSES AND
CONJUNCTIONS PART 2
MCENROE NG

2. 3 TYPES OF ENGLISH SENTENCES
• Simple ( subject and verb)
James ran under the rain
• Compound ( subject and verb) X 2
James ran under the rain, and he dance with the wind
• Complex = independent clause + dependent clause
James ran very fast because he was chased by a baby pig

3. COORDINATE CONJUNCTIONS
• And, but, or, nor, yet, so, and for.
• conjunctions help us to connect things

4. CONJUNCTIONS
• James and Jessie washed their faces.
• Sam ate his meat but not his vegetable.
• The toy is old and broken. - is joining the two adjectives, old and broken.
• We will go to the arcade or the playground.
• She bought pencils, balls, and shoes

5. COMPOUND SENTENCES- 2 INDEPENDENT
CLAUSES
• James danced on the floor, and he drank orange juice.
• James likes badminton, but Jessie likes wake-boarding
• The court is closed, so we can’t play tennis today.
• There was no fan around, yet we can feel the breeze.
A subject and a verb will form a complete sentence so a comma and a conjunction
is need to form a complete sentence

6. COMPOUND SENTENCES
No subject
after the
conjunction
No comma
before the
conjunction

7. COMPOUND SENTENCES VS COMPOUND VERBS
• James did his assignment, and Jessie dances in school
• James did his assignment and read a story to his sister
• Tom walks to market, but Jane drives a car
• Tom walks to market but drive to school
• Paul will go to school, or he will go to see the doctor
• Paul will go to school or see the doctor

8. COMMAS AND CONJUNCTIONS
• don't use commas when you have only two nouns
• use commas when you have a series with three or more items.
• could be three nouns or three adjectives or five verbs, then you would use a
comma.
• You would put a comma after each item. And you do use a comma when you
have two simple sentences.
• We can call them two independent clauses joined with a conjunction.

9. REFERENCE
• University of California, Irvine
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