Compound Sentences

What is a compound sentence?

• A sentence that has a one subject and one verb.

• A sentence with two subjects.

• The combination of a sentence and a question.

• The combination of two sentences.

Choose the two things we use to combine two sentences.

• A comma (and)

  The word "and"

• The word "the" (and) A comma

• The word "and" (and) nothing else

• A period (and) a capital

Which of these choices shows a correct compound sentence?

• Sally loves to sing. And she loves to dance.

• Sally loves to sing and she loves to dance.

• Sally loves to sing, and she loves to dance.

• Sally loves to sing. And dance.

Which of these choices shows a correct compound sentence?

• We went to the park and then we went to get dinner.

• We went to the park, and then we went to get dinner.

• We went to the park. We went to get dinner.

• We went to the park, we went to get dinner.

Create your own compound sentence, combining these two sentences. Bob likes to play soccer. He also likes to play football.