This document discusses verb tenses and conjunctions. It covers the three types of English sentences: simple, compound, and complex. It also discusses coordinate conjunctions like "and", "but", and "or" that are used to connect independent clauses. The document provides examples of compound sentences with two independent clauses joined by a conjunction with and without commas. It distinguishes between compound sentences and compound verbs. Finally, it discusses the use of commas with conjunctions in sentences and series.

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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