PPT-Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences.

Simple Sentence Contains a subject and a predicate the rest of the sentence that contains a verb Expresses a complete thought Example The boys went to the park Tip a simple sentence is also called an independent clause. 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.. vs.. Compound Sentences. By Mrs. Shari Ferrer. Compound Sentence Elements. A sentence can have compound sentence elements, such as a compound subject, compound verb, compound direct object or subject complement, compound object of . 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. .. . 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.. Definition. A compound-complex sentence contains . two . or more . independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.. Ex. . While she was fishing. , . Amy saw many deer,. and . she tried not to disturb them. 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 . The . professor. . gave. . a lecture.. I. . took. . notes. . One Sentence: Where’s the . Verb. ?. In the . morning. ,. . I. usually . like(?). to . take. (?). . a . run. (?). . before class.. 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. 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,. SIMPLE SENTENCES . A simple sentence conveys a single, simple idea. It contains an independent clause that has a subject and a verb. It makes sense on its own.. . We enjoyed the concert.. AND COMPLEX SENTENCES. Types of Sentences in English Sentences are classified according to the number and kinds of clauses they contain. There are four types: Simple Complex Compound Compound-Complex The Simple Sentence A simple sentence has only one independent clause and no subordinate clauses. 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.. IAE: T. Graham. Introduction to . Academic English . Sentence Structure. (www.c8.alamy.com, . n.d.. ). Three Sentence Types. Simple. . (1 subject + 1 verb). I enjoy swimming.. Compound. . (2 subjects + 2 verbs).