Compound Sentences & Main Verbs & Helping Verbs

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Identify a compound sentence.

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Harvard University is the oldest university in the United States, and it is one of the most respected.

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Compound sentence example:

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Sloths spend most of their time in trees, but they also swim sometimes.

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Identify the compound sentence:

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Madison should bring sleeping bags, or Tom should get an air mattress.

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Identify the compound sentence:

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My teammate stumbled over the hurdle, but our team still won the race.

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Identify the compound sentence.

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Emily baked a cranberry crumble, and Lamar made glazed donuts.

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Helping verb in: 'Monica might stay the night at a hotel.'

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might

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Main verb in: 'Even the strongest trees were shaking during the storm.'

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shaking

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Piper tickles her brother's feet.

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tickling

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Helping verb in: 'The past century has seen many wonderful new inventions, such as the Internet.'

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has

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Helping verb in: 'A small bird was delicately picking at the seed.'

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was