Simple or Compound Sentence Practice

What TWO things go in a simple sentence?

• subject and predicate

• subject and preposition

• nominal and predicate

• preposition and predicate

What is a compound sentence?

• It is an independent and a dependent clause with a conjunction. 

• It is two dependent clauses connected together without a conjunction.

• It is two simple sentences combined together with a conjunction. 

• It is a simple sentence and an independent clause.

What kinds of things connect compound sentences?

• abbreviations

• conjunctions

• periods

• ideas

What is NOT a conjunction?

• and

• but

• so

• because

Select the simple sentence below.

• We are in class and we are in school.

• I am sitting down.

• I sit and I type.

• I am looking at my paper and I am making any needed corrections.

Select the compound sentence below.

• I am tired but here.

• I was at my boys' swim meet this weekend.

• Today I ate lunch and I ate breakfast.

• My cats act like they have never eaten.

Select the simple sentence below.

• She likes cats and dogs.

• He ate in the cafeteria during lunch but ate his breakfast at the circle.

• Manatees are wonderful sea creatures and they are mammals too.

• Her phone rang but she ignored the call.

Select the compound sentence below.

• Manatees are animals.

• Manatees mostly live in canals in Florida but they can also live off the coast too.

• Manatee babies are called calfs.

• Manatees are mammals just like us.

Winter Break is almost here.

• Simple sentence

• Compound sentence

Christmas is on Wednesday this year, but I wish it was on a Friday.

• Simple sentence

• Compound sentence