Compound Sentences

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Compound Sentences
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Clause no, not Santa!

• A group of words with a subject and a verb.
• The clause can be independent or dependent.

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Independent Clause

• An independent clause can stand alone as a
  simple sentence.

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Dependent Clause

• A dependent clause cannot stand alone. It would
  be a fragment. Another name for dependent clause
  is subordinate clause.

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Compound

• Could you seriously forget this?

Compound means two or more parts!
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Compound Sentence

• Two independent clauses joined with a
  semi-colon or a comma and coordinating
  conjunction.

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The Coordinating Conjunctions

• For And Nor But Or Yet So
• FAN BOYS

Get it!!
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Complex Sentences

• One independent clause and one dependent clause.
  There are two formulas to remember
• ID (subordinating conjunction)
• D, I (subordinating conjunction)

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The dependent clause

• starts with a subordinating conjunction. The
  most common subordinating conjunctions are words
  like because, after, since, during, while. As
  soon as you put these words at the beginning of a
  clause, it becomes dependent.
• Example
• I put the baby in the highchair.
  (independent)Since I put the baby in the
  highchair (dependent)
• I went for a walk. (independent)
• While I went for a walk. (dependent)

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Examples

• During my trip to Starbucks, I caught up with
  friends.
• Formula D, I (during)
• I caught up with my friends during a visit to
  Starbucks.
• Formula ID (during)

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Compound-Complex

• 2 independent clauses and 1 dependent clause.
• You will need to look for coordinating
  conjunctions and subordinating conjunctions.

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Examples

• IID (when) Pancakes are good I love to eat them
  for dinner when I am rushed.
• I, and ID (before) Facebook can be addicting, and
  I spend to much time there before I do my chores.
  
• D,I I (whenever) Whenever my alarm goes off, I
  push snooze I always want five more minutes.
• D, I, but I (once) Once the light turns green, I
  drive through the intersection, but I always
  check for other cars first.