Simple and Compound Sentences

A subject is

• something that is not in my kitchen.
• a word that shows action or state of being.
• any verb that has the word "to" in front of it.
• who or what the sentence is about.

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CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

A verb is

• a word that shows action or state of being.
• a word that shows the location of something in a sentence.
• a complete sentence.
• a complete disaster.

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CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

An independent clause is

• a Santa who works by himself.
• a formula for a type of sentence.
• a complete sentence.
• an infinitive.

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What are the four simple sentence formulas?

• MTV
  MSNBC
  CBS
  CNN
• ABC
  DEF
  GHI
  Now I know my ABCs
• SV
  SSV
  SVV
  SSVV
• NFL
  NBA
  PGA
  WNBA

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

What are the eight "be" verbs?

• noun
  pronoun
  verb
  adjective
  adverb
  preposition
  conjunction
  interjection
• be
  am
  is
  are
  was
  were
  been
  being
• Grumpy
  Sleepy
  Sneezy
  Doc
  Bashful
  Dopey
  Happy
  Snow White
• Yeah, I've got nothin...

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

What is a preposition?

• A word that shows location and probably fits into this sentence:  The bee flies ______ the bottle.
• That one thingy that is used for a whatchamacallit.
• A word that describes a noun.
• A word that shows emotion.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E

How many independent clauses are in a simple sentence?

• 2 or more
• 3
• 1,657
• 1

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

What type of sentence is this?
Grandma bakes cookies, and I eat them.

• I;I
• I,cI
• SVV
• SSVV

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CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

An infinitive is

• any verb with the word "to" in front of it.
• something that lasts forever, like math class.
• a word that joins other words or phrases together.
• a person, place, or thing.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

What are the two compound sentence formulas?

• SV
  SSV
• SVV
  SSVV
• I,cI
  I;I
• SV,II
  SVISV

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CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A