Compound Sentences

Subjects

100

Find the subject(s): Kyle likes the beach, and he often goes there with her brothers.

Kyle/he

200

Find the subject(s): The student needed help with his homework, so he stayed after school.

student/he

300

Find the subject(s): The old man quietly but powerfully recollected about the war.

man

400

Find the subject(s): The figure skater performed his routine perfectly.

skater

500

Find the subject(s): The expert surfer rescued his new surfboard, but he was unable to save his glasses.

expert/he

Predicates

100

Find the predicate(s): Mark rapidly rewrote his term paper the night before it was due.

rewrote

200

Find the predicate(s): We will be there soon.

will be

300

Find the predicate(s): They tirelessly hiked up the rugged mountain.

hiked

400

Find the predicate(s): Evan evenly handed the cookies out to the children.

handed

500

Find the predicate(s): The squirrel made it successfully to the other side of the road, but he dropped his acorns.

made/dropped

Where should sentence be split?

100

Split the sentence into two independent clauses: Jack didn't want help did he ask for it.

Jack didn't want help/did he ask for it.

200

Split the sentence into two independent clauses: I went to the Burlington Mall I had to buy a new backpack for school.

I went to the Burlington Mall/I had to buy a new backpack for school.

300

Split the sentence into two independent clauses: She owned a car she didn't know how to drive it.

she owned a car/she didn't know how to drive it.

400

Split the sentence into two independent clauses: Joe can wait for us at the entrance he can go in and find us a seat.

Joe can wait for us at the entrance/he can go in and find us a seat.

500

Split the sentence into two independent clauses: My grandmother always wins at card games she is an experienced card player.

My grandmother always wins at card games/she is an experienced card player.

Simple or Compound?

100

Mazy will attend a new school soon.

simple.

200

Mazy is going to Blue Hill, but Margaret will stay behind.

compound.

300

Sometimes things change, and can't change back again.

simple

400

Last summer their friendship ended, but they became friends again in September.

compound

500

Next summer might be better, or might be worse.

simple