PPT-Turning Simple Sentences into Compound Sentences Using FANBOYS

30116 40116 50115 What Do You Notice Nick Allen had plenty of ideas and he knew what to do with them Andrew Clements Frindle Nick Allen had plenty of ideas and he knew what to do with them. Simple, compound and complex. WHAT MAKES A SENTENCE. NEEDS THREE THINGS…. 1 The words make sense and express a complete thought.. 2 It begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop, exclamation mark or question mark.. UHCL Writing Center. The Veil of Mystery Lifted!. One of the most elusive and misunderstood grammar elements is the semicolon. It could be compared to the mysterious lives of bees; however, similar to those honey-producing busybodies, the semicolon is governed by a couple of clearly defined and ironclad rules.. Subjects and Verbs . (. predicate. ). The . subject. . in the sentence is always a . NOUN. or a . PRONOUN . You will always find the subject “doing” the verb!. The . verb. . is the action OR state of being (is/was/were/etc.) in the sentence and is what the subject is doing!. English III. practice. Compound Sentences. COMPOUND SENTENCES . have . two or more ICs . (Independent . Clauses).. The students finished class. , and . they went to lunch.. Kevin did not want to hurt Kathy’s feelings. vs. Simple Sentences with Compound Predicates!. Two Simple Sentences. Tom. . studied. a lot. . Tom. . did. n’t . pass. the test.. Compound Sentence. Tom . studied. a . lot. ,. but . Tom. . did. by Structure. Simple. Compound. Complex. Compound-Complex. Simple. One Independent Clause (IC). Independent Clause: . Can. stand alone as a sentence.. We had fun at the ball game. . Compound Sentence. .. . Once a student knows the difference between the three sentence types (simple, compound, and complex), it is possible to write with sentence variety. Sentence variety helps make your writing more interesting.. Review. A clause is a group of words having a subject and a verb. . An . independent clause. can stand alone as a sentence. . A . dependent clause. is always used as some part of speech. . It . cannot stand alone as a sentence. coordinating conjunctions. ), but . subordinating conjunction . and . adverbial conjunctions . are also used (and should be); however, they can sometimes create written mistakes.. #10 FANBOYS. -------------CONJUNCTION WRITING TIPS AND SUGGESTIONS----------. Sentence Structure. What is Sentence Structure?. The . structure . of a sentence refers to the kinds and the number of clauses it contains.. The four kinds of sentences are . simple, compound, complex,. Sentence Fragments. Compound Sentences. Complex Sentences. Compound Complex Sentences. Simple sentences have one independent clause, but they may have a compound subject or a compound predicate. . Simple Sentences. Has a subject and a predicate.. Can have a compound subject: Tina and Jessie went swimming on Saturday.. Can have a compound predicate: Tina and Jessie went swimming and ate lunch on Saturday.. CAN HAVE A CONJUNCTION.. Grade 3 Sentences WorksheetReading Math for K-5wwwk5learningcomDetermine if each sentence is simple compound or complexSentencessimplecompoundcomplex1The children wore their dirty boots2It was time f consists of one independent clause.. Clause: group . of words with a subject and a . predicate. Independent - strong. , stands alone. Dependent - weak. , needs . support. Examples. The students yawned..