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STEP NUMBER 37

THE COMPOUND!

IS IT THIS?

NO, ITS NONE OF THESE


A compound sentence is what were talking about. CLUELESS STUDENT: What is a compound sentence? BRILLIANT TEACHER: A compound sentence is

A COMPOUND SENTENCE IS A GROUP OF WORDS THAT CONTAINS TWO OR MORE INDEPENDENT CLAUSES CONNECTED WITH A COORDINATING CONJUNCTION.

TIME TRAVEL SPOT #1


AN INDEPENDENT CLAUSE = SUBJECT + VERB = IMPORTANT IDEA = SIMPLE SENTENCE.

A COMPOUND SENTENCE
AN INDEPENDENT CLAUSE =

IS TWO OF THOSE

SUBJECT + VERB = IMPORTANT IDEA =

SIMPLE SENTENCE.

+
AN INDEPENDENT CLAUSE = SUBJECT + VERB =

IMPORTANT IDEA =
SIMPLE SENTENCE.

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THERE ARE SEVEN COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

1) AND 2) BUT 3) OR 4) NOR 5) FOR 6) SO 7) YET

A writer uses a compound sentence when he has two or more important ideas to communicate. Because the writer is adding together only important ideas, he is compounding or giving equal weight to each of the major ideas.

STEP NUMBER 38
STUDENTS WILL USE A COMMA BEFORE THE COORDINATING CONJUNCTION IN A COMPOUND SENTENCE
THERE IS ONE MORE WAY TO MAKE A COMPOUND SENTENCE BUT MORE ABOUT THAT LATER.

EXAMPLE:

COMMA
COORDINATING CONJUNCTION

THE STUDENT IS HURT, AND THE TEACHERS RUBBER BAND IS GONE.

SUBJECT + VERB

SUBJECT + VERB

INDEPENDENT CLAUSE NO. 1

INDEPENDENT CLAUSE NO. 2

STEP NUMBER 39
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

WRITE FIVE COMPOUND SENTENCES ONE FOR EACH SUBJECT


1) 2) 3) 4) 5) KISSING FIGHTING THE PRESIDENT BARBEQUE MOVIES

THATS YOUR TICKET OUT OF HERE!

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