Compound sentences with conjunctions Complex sentence with adverb clauses

1. VERB TENSES AND
CONJUNCTIONS PART 3
MCENROE NG

2. COMPOUND SENTENCES WITH CONJUNCTIONS
• The waiter brought us some cake, and we looked at the menus
• The motorist pump his oil tanks fully, but he forgot to closed the tank’s cap.
- Consist of 2 stand alone sentences. Contains a subject and a verb so comma is
added.

3. COMPOUND SENTENCES WITH TRANSITIONS
• Therefore
• In addition
• Furthermore
• Nonetheless
• Otherwise
• However
• Thus
• Similarly
• Then
• Also

4. COMPOUND SENTENCES WITH TRANSITIONS
• I was early to work; therefore, my boss is happy
• Saving money is easy; however, it take discipline to make it a good habit.
• Jane needs to buy a new shoe; also, she needs money for her school fees.
• He need to relax more; otherwise, he is going to be too stress.
-* for transition words use in the middle of 2 compound sentences, you will need to
add a semi colon and a comma. *

5. THIRD TYPE OF COMPOUND SENTENCE
1. Susan is tired; she usually runs to work.
2. The music was too soft; no one knows what song is the radio playing.
- When we have two sentences that are very closely related and have the idea of
and, we can use a semicolon by itself to join the two sentences.
- The sentences do not have a conjunction or transition here. Is just adding a
semicolon, and it has kind of the meaning of and.

6. SUMMARY: 3 TYPES OF COMPOUND SENTENCE
• Using a comma and conjunction
• Using a semicolon, a transition, and a comma
• Using a semicolon only

7. COMPLEX SENTENCE WITH ADVERB CLAUSES
1. While Sam washed his hair, we listen to music.
2. We listen to music while Sam washed his hair.
- Both are correct!
I. James ate a pear when he got home from school
II. When James got home from school, he ate a pear.

8. COMPLEX SENTENCE WITH ADVERB CLAUSES
• The dependent: while Sam washed his face.
1. Dependent is because it cannot be a sentence.
2. And the reason for that is because of this word, while. While is an adverb clause
connector. When you start with an adverb clause connector, you need a subject and a verb.
3. While Sam washed his face, what? What's the rest of the sentence?
- Dependent clauses will start with an adverb clause connector, and then they'll have a subject and
a verb.

9. COMPLEX SENTENCE WITH ADVERB CLAUSES
• After I graduated from school, I started working.
- this sentence the dependent clause is in front of the independent clause. When your dependent
clause is first, when it starts the sentence, we have to put the comma after the dependent
clause.
• I starting working after I graduated from school.
* All of the dependent clauses in these sentences are called adverb clauses. *

10. ADVERB CLAUSES
• After
• while
• before
• if
• although
• when
• since
• because

11. ADVERB CLAUSES
• Even if
• In case
• So that
• Whether or not
• Unless
• Even though

12. REFERENCE
• University of California, Irvine
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