2. A simple sentence is a sentence that has one subject-verb pair
Examples:
Istudy at Uniminuto.
S V
My sisterloves music.
S V
Theylaugh and cry at the same time.
S V V
My mom and Igo to the movies.
S S V

3. The SUBJECT in a simple sentence may be compound
(more than one).
Examples:
My brother and sister are completely different.
S S
My friendand I like this artist.
S S
Tom and Maria are good students.
S S
My mother andfatherspeak English well.
S S

4. TheVERB in a simple sentence may be compound (more
than one).
The subject in a simple sentence may be compound.
The verb in a simple sentence may be compound.
However, each sentence is a simple sentence because it only has one
subject-verb pair.
Examples:
They listen and write notes.
V V
I speak and write English well.
V V
My friend sings and plays the guitar in a band.
V V
John and Anawill* stay or go home.
V V
*Do not count will as a verb

5. Simple sentence “Formulas”
My younger sister learns English.
S V
SV
My brother and fatherlearn English.
S S V
S SV
My brother and fatherspeak and writeEnglish.
S S V V
S SVV
They listen and write notes.
S V V
S VV
Look at the sentences and their “formulas”.There are
many variations, but each sentence only has one SV
pair.

6. My brother lives in NewYork and my sisterlivesin Paris
S V S V
Information taken from: Hogue, A. (2008). First
steps in academic writing. Longman: N.Y.
You will learn more about this kind of sentences in
another module.