The Sentence and Its Parts Compound Sentence Parts

Compound Subjects A compound subject is made up of two or more subjects that share the same verb. The subjects are joined by a conjunction, or a connecting word, such as and, or, or but. Rain and hail fell during the thunderstorm.

Compound Verbs A compound verb is made up of two or more verbs that share the same subject. The verbs are joined by a conjunction such as and, or, or but. Snow swirled and drifted into huge mounds.

Identifying Compound Sentence Parts In each sentence, underline the words in the compound subject or the compound verb. Do not underline the conjunctions that join the words. On the line to the right, write CS for compound subject or CV for compound verb.

Identifying Compound Sentence Parts Dark clouds and strong winds were the first sign of the thunderstorm. ______ The brisk winds tossed and turned the small sailboat back and forth. ______ Suddenly, rain and hail pelted the ground. ______ The large hailstones dented or flattened several items in the garden. ______

Identifying Simple Subjects and Verbs Directions: In the following sentences underline the subjects once and the verbs twice. The thunder crashed and then died away. A tornado damages or destroys everything in its path. Powerful winds lift and carry heavy objects long distances.

Using Compound Subjects and Compound Verbs Combine the sentence pairs to form a new sentence with the sentence part in parentheses. Use the conjunction—and, or, nor, or but—that makes the most sense. Example: The road was snow covered. Our driveway was snow covered too. (Compound Subject) The road and our driveway were snow covered.

Try It! The freezing rain caused many accidents. Sleet also caused accidents. (Compound Subject) Snow was falling all night. It was drifting all night too. (Compound Verb) Ian could shovel the snow from the sidewalk. He could sweep the snow from the sidewalk instead. (Compound Verb) Cars were stuck in the deep snow. Trucks were stuck in the deep snow too. (Compound Subject)