simple and 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 and a capital letter for the beginning

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

• a verb and a conjunction

Which of these is a simple sentence?

• I voted for the class president.

• All the music.

• in the forest

• Went to the big game yesterday.

The dog ran down the street.

• Sentence

• Fragment

Threw the ball.

• complete sentence

• sentence fragment

Aiden flipped in the air.

• complete sentence

• sentence fragment

The soccer ball bounced against the goal post.

• complete sentence

• sentence fragment

Yesterday when I got off the school bus.

• Complete Sentence
• Sentence Fragment

My friend Sheila and I saw a brown toad hopping on the sidewalk.

• Complete Sentence
• Sentence Fragment

Shelia said, “I don't want to see that ugly toad!”

• Complete Sentence
• Sentence Fragment

The big, giant, scary dragon

• sentence

• fragment