PPT-2. Conjunction sentences

It was late but she wasnt tired People like jogging because it helps them get fit The dog lay in the sun although it was hot 13 Preposition Sentences On the wall hung a large mirror. and but when because so then while 1 I gave the shopkeeper fifty pence I had ten pence change 2 We waited fo r Penny she didnt turn up 3 The weather was very cold Steven wore gloves 4 James was sad his football team had lost the match 5 Susan ha (1352.3) 122:8.7 These wise men saw no star to guide them to Bethlehem. The beautiful legend of the star of Bethlehem originated in this way: Jesus was born August 21 at noon, 7 B.C. On May 29, 7 B.C., there occurred an extraordinary conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in the constellation of Pisces. And it is a remarkable astronomic fact that similar conjunctions occurred on September 29 and December 5 of the same year. Upon the basis of these extraordinary but wholly natural events the well-meaning zealots of the succeeding generation constructed the appealing legend of the star of Bethlehem and the adoring Magi led thereby to the manger, where they beheld and worshiped the newborn babe. Oriental and near-Oriental minds delight in fairy stories, and they are continually spinning such beautiful myths about the lives of their religious leaders and political heroes. In the absence of printing, when most human knowledge was passed by word of mouth from one generation to another, it was very easy for myths to become traditions and for traditions eventually to become accepted as facts.. (1352.3) 122:8.7 These wise men saw no star to guide them to Bethlehem. The beautiful legend of the star of Bethlehem originated in this way: Jesus was born August 21 at noon, 7 B.C. On May 29, 7 B.C., there occurred an extraordinary conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in the constellation of Pisces. And it is a remarkable astronomic fact that similar conjunctions occurred on September 29 and December 5 of the same year. Upon the basis of these extraordinary but wholly natural events the well-meaning zealots of the succeeding generation constructed the appealing legend of the star of Bethlehem and the adoring Magi led thereby to the manger, where they beheld and worshiped the newborn babe. Oriental and near-Oriental minds delight in fairy stories, and they are continually spinning such beautiful myths about the lives of their religious leaders and political heroes. In the absence of printing, when most human knowledge was passed by word of mouth from one generation to another, it was very easy for myths to become traditions and for traditions eventually to become accepted as facts.. Subject..  The subject is what the sentence is about. . For . example: . John.  . gripped the edge of the cliff with only his toes. . Is . John.  . crazy?. Predicate. . The . predicate . is what the subject is up to. In other words, the predicate “completes an idea about the subject,” . Page 79. Compound and complex sentences . . Conjunctions. are words that join ideas (think about the word ‘junction’). . Sentence. . sentence.. . conjunction. and. although. but. when. after. Sentences. Sometimes two simple sentences have related ideas. The sentences can be joined to form a . compound sentence.. Joining two sentences will make your writing smoother and clearer. Look at these examples.. What is a compound sentence?. A . compound sentence . has at least one . independent clause. ; . it is . usually two independent clauses joined by a semi-colon or a conjunction.. In other words, a . compound . mins. ) Please write your responses in your composition book.. 1. I went to the mall, for I bought a lot of shoes.. 2. I love to eat cake, and I do not like icing.. 3. You shouldn’t skip breakfast, so should you skip lunch.. 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. Author:. Kim Covert. Genre: . Expository Nonfiction. Small Group. Timer. Review Games. Story Sort. Vocabulary. . Words. :. Arcade Games. Study Stack . Spelling City: Vocabulary. Spelling City: Spelling Words . 301.1.6. 401.1.6. 501.1.5. 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. 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. Every sentence must have a S (subject) and a V (verb). A subject can be a noun or pronoun. The verb might be one word, two or three words.. To diagram a sentence, start with a base line. Then put a line crossing the middle of the baseline. A . subordinating. . conjunction. . is a word which still . links two clauses . together in a sentence, but the . subordinate. . clause. . it adds does not make sense on its own.. Let’s look at a few examples:.