Simple & Compound Sentences

A simple sentence must form a complete thought. What else do you need to make a simple sentence?

• a subject, a comma and a conjunction

• a subject, a verb, a capital letter for the beginning and punctuation mark for the end

• a subject, a verb and a capital letter for the beginning

What do we call an action like "run"?

• a comma

• a subject

• a verb

What is the subject of the sentence below?

Sammy skated to the park.

• Sammy

• skated

• park

Which of these is a simple sentence?

• I voted for the class president.

• All the music.

• Went to the big game yesterday.

What would you have to add to the group of words below to make a simple sentence?

got a pet turtle.

• a comma

• a subject

• a verb

What do you use to join two simple sentences to make a compound sentence?

• only a comma

• only a conjunction

• a comma and a conjunction

Read the compound sentence below.

Penguins can't fly, but they can walk on the ground.

What is the conjunction?

• penguins

• walk

• but

Which of these is a compound sentence?

• The Johnsons moved in next door.

• Molly, Keisha and Ben had a lemonade sale.

• I like visiting New York, but I don't want to live there.

Read the two simple sentences below. Choose the compound sentence that joins them with the right punctuation.

She'll learn to play the piano. She'll learn to play the trumpet.

• She'll learn to play the piano, or she'll learn to play the trumpet.

• She'll learn to play the piano or she'll learn to play the trumpet.

Read the group of words below.

It's cold in the winter, it's hot in the summer.

How could you change it to make it a compound sentence?

• take out the comma after winter

• add the word "and" after the comma