Ch. 15 – Simple, Compound, Ch. 15 – Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences and Complex Sentences © CENGAGE LEARNING. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Opening Activity Identify the following sentences as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. 1.Although he just worked out, Tran left the gym and he stopped for a hamburger. 2.Tran left the gym and he stopped for a hamburger. 3.Tran left the gym. 4.Although he just worked out, he stopped for a hamburger. © CENGAGE LEARNING. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Answers Identify the following sentences as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. 1.Although he just worked out, Tran left the gym and he stopped for a hamburger. COMPOUND-COMPLEX 2.Tran left the gym and he stopped for a hamburger. COMPOUND 3.Tran left the gym. SIMPLE 4.Although he just worked out, he stopped for a hamburger. COMPLEX © CENGAGE LEARNING. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Learning Outcomes By the time you finish reading and studying this chapter, you should be able to: Recognize and correctly use ◦LO1 Simple Sentences ◦LO2 Simple Sentences with Compound Subjects ◦LO3 Simple Sentences with Compound Predicates ◦L04 Compound Sentences ◦L05 Complex Sentences ◦L06 Complex Sentences with Relative Clauses © CENGAGE LEARNING. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Simple Sentences Simple sentence - a subject and a predicate that together form a complete thought The subject is a noun or pronoun that names what the sentence is about. The predicate tells what the subject does or is. Brandy cowered. Connie sped.

Simple Sentences Modifiers - words that modify the subject and answer the adjective questions: which, what kind of, how many, how much. My scared neighbor cowered. Direct object – a noun or pronoun that follows a verb and receives its action She ate cereal. Indirect Object - a noun or pronoun that comes between a verb and a direct object, telling to whom or for whom an action is done My boyfriend gave me the necklace. © CENGAGE LEARNING. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Simple Sentences with Compound Subjects A simple sentence can have a compound subject Compound subject - two or more subjects in a simple sentence One subject: Minnie wanted to look at dresses. Two subjects: Minnie and Deborah wanted to look at dresses. Three subjects: Minnie, Deborah, and Ann wanted to look at dresses. © CENGAGE LEARNING. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Simple Sentences with Compound Predicates A simple sentence can also have two or more predicates. Compound predicate - two or more predicates in a simple sentence One predicate: The police officer yelled. Two predicates: The police officer yelled and whistled. Three predicates: The police officer yelled, whistled, and ran. © CENGAGE LEARNING. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Compound Sentences Compound sentence - two or more simple sentences joined with a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, nor, for, so, or yet) Two sentences: The poodle played and the poodle jumped. Three sentences: The poodle played, the poodle jumped, and the poodle sprinted. © CENGAGE LEARNING. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Complex Sentences Complex sentence - a sentence with one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses You can create a complex sentence by placing a subordinating conjunction before the sentence that is less important. Common subordinating conjunctions: after before so that when although even though that where as though ifwhereas ◦After the movie started, I decided I wanted popcorn. © CENGAGE LEARNING. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Complex Sentences Compound-complex sentence - a sentence with two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses Simple sentence: The humidity is high. Compound sentence: The humidity is high and the summer temperature frequently exceeds 100 degrees. Compound-complex sentence: While Atlanta is a lovely place to live, the humidity is high and the summer temperature frequently exceeds 100 degrees. © CENGAGE LEARNING. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Complex Sentences with Relative Clauses Relative pronoun - a word (that, which, who, whom) that relates a relative clause with another word in the sentence Relative clause - a group of words that begins with a relative pronoun (that, which, who, whom) and includes a verb, but cannot stand alone as a sentence This is the hand-woven rug that we purchased at the mall. We really like the rug, which is handmade. Amy, who sold us the rug, said the rug took six months to produce by hand. © CENGAGE LEARNING. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Closing Activity Transform the following simple sentence into compound, complex, and compound- complex sentences. 1.Mr. Gomez taught Spanish. SIMPLE 2.__________________ COMPOUND 3.__________________ COMPLEX 4.__________________ COMPOUND-COMPLEX © CENGAGE LEARNING. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Answers Transform the following simple sentence into compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences. 1.Mr. Gomez taught Spanish. SIMPLE 2.Mr. Gomez taught Spanish and he taught English. COMPOUND 3.Although he majored in Chemistry, Mr. Gomez taught Spanish. COMPLEX 4.Although he majored in Chemistry, Mr. Gomez taught Spanish and he taught English. COMPOUND-COMPLEX © CENGAGE LEARNING. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.