Zander - Unit 2 / Lesson 8

Zander - Unit 2 / Lesson 8

English 3200

Simple Sentence

• A sentence that contains a single subject and a single predicate

• For example," Anna rode the bike"

• Single Subject: Anna

• Single Predicate: Rode

• Once again, how did we know "rode" was the predicate?

Simple Sentence Examples

• "The bear was huge"

• Is this a simple sentence?

• Simple Subject: Bear

• Simeple Predicate: Was

Open Ended

Write your own simple sentence

Conjunctions

• A conjunction is a word used to connect two or more full ideas

• Common conjunctions: FANBOYS -> For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So

• But do not confuse with adverbs like: however, nonetheless, consequently, therefore

Compound Sentence

• A sentence made up of multiple simple sentences and they are connected through a conjunction

• Example: "Anna rode through the park, and her sister caught up."

• 1st Simple Sentence: Anna rode through the park

• 2nd Simple Sentence: Her sister caught up

Use of Commas

• In a compound sentence, and a conjunction is used, a comma is required to go before the conjunction

• "The keyboard was broken, so Bob bought a new one"

• 1st Simple Sentence: The keyboard was broken

• 2nd Simple Sentence: Bob bought a new one

• A comma + conjunction is needed to connect these simple sentence

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

• The cats ran, and jumped on the owner

• The burger was eaten, but never digested

• Bob typed on his keyboard, so he could hack into the FBI's main computer

Open Ended

Write your own compound sentence with a comma necessity