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The shark swam, and the polar bear ate.
and
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True or False? This a simple sentence: The cat and the dog ran and rolled around in the yard.
True.
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A compound sentence contains 2 ___________ Fill in the blank
independent clauses or simple sentences
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A compound sentence has an _________ clause and a ______ clause.
independent and dependent
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What is an independent clause?
A group of words that has a subject (who/what) and a predicate (verb) and CAN stand alone. "Momma"
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The dog ate his dinner, but he still begged at the table.
but
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True or False? This is a simple sentence: While I stayed at home, mom and dad went to the casino.
False -- Complex Sentence
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True or False This is a compound sentence: Jody and Steve ate ice cream.
False -- It's a simple sentence.
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What is the independent clause in this sentence? The game will be delayed unless it stops raining. Unless it stops raining, the game will be delayed.
The game will be delayed
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What is a dependent clause?
A group of words that has a subject (who/what) and a predicate (verb) and CANNOT stand alone. "Baby"
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I earned an A on my English test, so Mom took me out to dinner.
so
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Do simple sentences have subordinating conjunctions?
No.
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True or False? This is a compound sentence: Soccer is played everywhere; I played soccer in England.
True
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What is the dependent clause in the sentence? While we are learning to jump rope, they are learning to juggle.
While we are learning to jump rope
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What is a compound sentence?
Has two or more independent clauses joined together with a comma plus a conjunction. 1. ,FANBOYS 2. ; 3. ; conjunctive adverb,
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The movie starts at nine tonight, yet the car still won't start.
yet
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A simple sentence is also called an independent clause.
True
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Fill in the blank: Jason Aldean sang a song last night on tv ______ I didn't get to watch it. Hint: 3 Rules
1. , but 2. ; 3. ; however,
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True or False? If the subordinate clause is at the beginning of the sentence, the sentence does not have a comma.
False
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What is a complex sentence?
Has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses that are joined together with a subordinating conjunction.
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I like to read, but I love to cook.
but
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What starts a simple sentence, and what ends a simple sentence? Hint: 2 answers
Capital Letter and Punctuation!
500
List all the FANBOYS conjunctions
For And Nor But Or Yet So
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List 5 subordinating conjunctions
Answers will vary but must be subordinating conjunctions
500
What is a simple sentence?
1 complete thought - or an independent clause.