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Understanding Compound Sentences

There are three main types of sentences: simple, compound, and complex. A simple sentence contains one independent clause. A compound sentence combines two independent clauses. A complex sentence contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

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Understanding Compound Sentences

There are three main types of sentences: simple, compound, and complex. A simple sentence contains one independent clause. A compound sentence combines two independent clauses. A complex sentence contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

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SIMPLE COMPOUN

COMPLEX
SENTENCE D
SENTENCES
S SENTENCES
1 independent clause: Combines 2 independent Sentence with independent and dependent
1 subject + 1 predicate clauses by using clause
conjunctions, comma,
dash or semicolon.  Independent clause shares main
information

 Dependent clause provided details


Examples: Examples of Independent Examples:
 My mother is an clauses are joined by  Although he ate a big dinner, now he
excellent cook using: wants to eat cake for dessert
 He was my best  Because the world is getting warmer,
friend  Conjunction polar bears are in danger of becoming
 We walked to school I like tea but he likes coffee extinct
 She ate ice cream  We visited the café before we went
 I completed my  Conjunction with home
literature review comma  We decided to cancel our plan for today
She is a great archer, but because the weather is not good
she loves to swim  Even though I would rather go to the
beach, I went to the library to study
 Semicolon
The professor did not
approve the thesis; he
suggested several changes

 Colon
I wanted just one thing:
revenge

 Dash
He blamed his divorced on
one thing-beer

Coordinating Conjunction, Subordinating Conjunctions (heart words):


FANBOYS:
Aft B So Wh
For er ef th ene
And or at ver
Nor e
By Alt Ev Th Wh
Or ho e o ere
Yet ug n ug
So h th h
o
u
g
h
As If U Wh
nl ere
es as
s
As In U Wh
if or n eth
d til er
er
th
at
Be Si W whi
ca nc he le
us e n
e
 

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