Compound and Complex Sentences

expresses a complete thought and has a subject and a predicate

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• dependent clause

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

contains two simple sentences

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• independent clause

contains and independent clause and a dependent clause

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• subordinating conjunction

a clause that makes sense by itself

• dependent clause

• independent clause

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

a clause that does not make sense by itself

• independent clause

• dependent clause

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

joins a dependent clause to an independent clause

• compound sentence

• subordinating conjunction

• coordinating conjunction

• correlative conjunction

joins two independent clauses

• complex sentence

• subordinating conjunction

• coordinating conjunction

• correlative conjunction

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

Which is a subordinating conjunction?

• and

• but

• so

• if

Which is a coordinating conjunction?

• when

• because

• but

• after

My friends and I play soccer all summer.

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• dependent clause