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Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound-Complex Sentence.pptx
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- 3. Basic Elements ofEvery Sentence SUBJECT PREDICATE
- 4. Basic Elements Mary playstennis. SUBJECT PREDICATE
- 5. Simple Sentence Asimple sentence has one subject and one predicate.
- 6. Simple Sentence We wentto San Juan yesterday. Observe how a simple sentence is constructed:
- 7. Simple Sentence We wentto San Juan . Pronoun Verb Simple subject Complete predicate Prepositional phrase
- 8. SIMPLE SENTENCE Mary playstennis. SUBJECT PREDICATE one subject one predicate
- 9. Simple Sentence play tennis. Tomand Mary Compound Subject &
- 10. Simple Sentence play tennisand swim. Tom and Mary Compound Subject Compound Predicate & &
- 11. SIMPLE SENTENCE with compoundsubject Tom and Mary play tennis.
- 12. SIMPLE SENTENCE with compoundsubject and compound predicate Tom and Mary play tennis and swim.
- 13. Compound Sentence Acompound sentence has more than one part that can stand alone (independent clauses). Independent clauses are connected by coordinating conjunctions, conjunctive adverbs or a semi-colon.
- 14. Compound Sentence We wentto San Juan, and most of us danced all night.
- 15. Compound Sentence We wentto San Juan, and most of us danced all night . Subject Verb Coordinating Conjunction Predicate Verb Prepositional phrase Modifying phrase Subject
- 16. Use of CoordinatingConjunctions SUBJECT PREDICATE SUBJECT PREDICATE Compound Sentences
- 17. Compound Sentence Tom swims, Maryplays tennis. and
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- 19. Tom swims, andMary plays tennis. Clause 1 Clause 2 Independent Independent COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS Compound Sentences
- 20. Tom swims, andMary plays tennis. Comma before “and” in compound sentences! COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS Compound Sentences
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- 22. Bob is handsome;moreover, he is rich. Clause 1 Clause 2 Independent Independent CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS Compound Sentences
- 23. Note: Semicolon before conjunctive adverband comma after conjunctive adverb! Bob is handsome; moreover, he is rich. CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS Compound Sentences
- 24. Conjunctive Adverbs “float” Conjunctiveadverbs are sometimes called “floating” adverbs because they can be positioned at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of a clause.
- 25. CONJUNCTIVE ADVERB: Bob ishandsome; moreover, he is rich. Bob is handsome; he is, moreover, rich. Bob is handsome; he is rich, moreover. AT THE BEGINNING, IN THE MIDDLE,AT THE END
- 26. COMPOUND SENTENCE: SEMICOLON Tom hasbenefited from his exercise program; he is slim and energetic.
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- 28. Complex Sentence containone independent and one subordinate (dependent) clause the subordinate clause begins with a subordinate conjunction the clauses can appear in any order
- 29. Complex Sentence Afterthe sun set, we built a campfire. We built a campfire after the sun set. Dependent Clause Independent Clause Dependent Clause Independent Clause *Note the comma when the dependent clause comes at the beginning of a sentence.
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- 31. contains onesubordinate (dependent) clause two or more independent clauses Example: Since we wanted to have fun, my boyfriend and I went to San Juan yesterday, and we danced all night. Compound-Complex Sentence
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- 33. 1. The bellrang. 2. Imam ran the first part of the race, and Dani biked the second part. 3. He stands at the bottom of the cliff while the climber moves up the rock. 4. The skier turned and jumped. 5. Naoki passed the test because he studied hard and he understood the material. Indicate if the following sentences are: Simple, compound, complex or compound-complex.
- 34. Answers 1. Simple 2. Compound 3.Complex 4. Simple 5. Compound-complex