Conjunctions
What is a conjunction?
A word that joins words or sentences together.
What is a clause?
A group of words that have a subject and a predicate - a full sentence!
What type of clauses are needed when making a compound sentence?
independent clauses
A complex sentence has an _____________ clause and a ___________ clause.
Independent and Dependent clause
Is this a compound or complex sentence?
"The doctor must come at once or the patient will die."
Compound
True or False: Simple sentences do not allow conjunctions.
True
What do you call a sentence that can stand alone by itself?
An independent clause
What is needed before the coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence?
comma (,)
What is the independent clause in this sentence?
"The game will be delayed unless it stops raining."
The game will be delayed
Is this a compound or complex sentence?
"If the doctor does not come at once, the patient will die."
Complex
If a sentence begins with a conjunction, what punctuation mark is needed in the sentence?
a comma (,)
What do you call a sentence that cannot stand alone. It is not a full sentence.
A dependent clause
Fill in the blank: BTS sang a song last night on tv ______ I didn't get to watch it. Hint: there are 2 parts to the answer
,but
Why is this not a complex sentence?
"I went to Africa and I ate food in Africa."
There are two independent clauses and there is no dependent clause
Turn these clauses into a compound sentence!
"He didn't want to go see the movie.
"He decided to play soccer instead."
"He didn't want to go see the movie so he decided to play soccer instead."
Name all of the FANBOYS
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Is this an independent or a dependent clause?
"When I get home from school."
Dependent clause
True or False, this is a compound sentence?
You must do you homework fully or your teacher will be angry.
True! It has two independent clauses.
Bonus (50pts): What are the two independent clauses?
List 5 subordinating Conjunctions
before, after, because, although, when, unless, until, if, since, though etc.
Turn these clauses into a complex sentence!
"The pizza is ready."
"Let's eat it while it's hot."
"Since the pizza is ready, let's eat it while it's hot."
________________,_______________, and ________________ are three of the basic sentence types.
simple, compound and complex
Compound and complex sentences consist of ____ ____ , ____ ____ , and ____ .
Independent clauses, dependent clauses, and conjunctions.
What is a compound sentence?
A sentence that contains two or more independent clauses, and a conjunction.
What type of conjunction is needed to connect the dependent clause to the main clause.
subordinating conjunction
What is the difference between a compound sentence and a complex sentence?
A compound sentences has two independent clauses.
A complex sentence has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.