Page 2 - MM-Simple, compound and complex sentences

NOTES:

SIMPLE SENTENCE
COMPOUND SENTENCE
Contains a subject It consists of two

and a predicate.
sentences or two

Expresses a independent clauses,
complete thought. joins together by a
coordinating
It consists of a conjunction.

subject and a verb.
The coordinating
A simple sentence is conjunctions are:

also called an

independent clause. F-for

Ex-The boys went A-and
to the park. N-nor

B-but

O-or

Y-yet

S-so

Ex-I cooked dinner

and he washed the
dishes

A sentence has a compound subject when it has more than one subject. It has a

compound predicate when there is more than one predicate. Sometimes sentences can

have both a compound subject and a compound predicate.