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

What do we call an action word like "run?"

• a comma
• a subject
• a conjunction 
• a verb

Read the sentence below.  What is the subject of the sentence?
Sammy skated to the park.

• Sammy 
• skated
• skated to the park
• Sammy skated 

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

Read the group of words below.  What would you have to add to it to make it a simple sentence?
got a pet turtle.

• a comma
• a subject 
• a verb
• a punctuation mark at the end

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
• an exclamation point

Read the compound sentence below.  What is the conjunction?
Penguins can't fly, but they can walk on the ground.  

• penguins 
• fly
• walk
• but

Which of these is a compound sentence?

• The Johnsons moved in next door.
• Don't cheat on your text.
• 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 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.  How could you change it to make it a compound sentence?
It's cold in the winter, it's hot in the summer.

• add a comma after "cold"
• take out the comma after "winter"
• add the word "and" after the comma
• add the word "months" after summer