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Sentence Structure Sentence Types

Sentence Structure Learning Target: TSWBAT know how to define simple, compound, and complex sentences and use them consciously.

Sentence Types Simple Compound Complex

Basic Elements of Every Sentence SUBJECTPREDICATE

Basic Elements Mary plays tennis. SUBJECT PREDICATE

SIMPLE SENTENCE Mary plays tennis. SUBJECT PREDICATE one subject one predicate

Simple Sentence play tennis.Tom and Mary Compound Subject &

Simple Sentence play tennis and swim. Tom and Mary Compound Subject Compound Predicate & &

SIMPLE SENTENCE with compound subject Tom and Mary play tennis.

SIMPLE SENTENCE with compound subject and compound predicate Tom and Mary play tennis and swim.

Hi, I’m Punctuation Pete!

SIMPLE SENTENCE with compound subject and compound predicate No comma before “and” in compound subjects and predicates! Tom and Mary play tennis and swim.

Compound Sentence with Coordinating Conjunctions SUBJECTPREDICATE SUBJECT PREDICATE and

Compound Sentence Tomswims, Maryplays tennis. and

COMPOUND SENTENCE: COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS FOR AND NOR BUT OR YET SO

Tom swims, and Mary plays tennis. COMPOUND SENTENCE: COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS Clause 1 Clause 2 Independent

COMPOUND SENTENCE: COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS Tom swims, and Mary plays tennis. Comma before “and” in compound sentences!

Semicolons “If the relation between the ideas expressed in the main clauses is very close and obvious without a conjunction, you can separate the clauses with a semicolon” (Little, Brown Handbook, 9th Edition, p. 361).

COMPOUND SENTENCE: SEMICOLON Matt has benefited from his exercise program; he is fit and energetic.

Complex Sentence SUBJECTPREDICATE SUBJECTPREDICATE even though

Complex Sentence Bobis popular heis quiet. even though

COMPLEX SENTENCE: SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS EVEN THOUGH WHEN BECAUSE UNLESS WHEREAS ADVERB CLAUSES

COMPLEX SENTENCE: SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS Bob is popular even though he is bold. Clause 1 Clause 2 Independent Dependent

COMPLEX SENTENCE: SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS Even though Bob is loud, he is popular. Clause 1 Clause 2 Dependent Independent

COMPLEX SENTENCE: SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS When the MAIN clause is first, it is usually NOT followed by a comma! Bob is popular even though he is loud.

COMPLEX SENTENCE: SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS When the ADVERB clause is first, it is followed by a comma! Even though Bob is shy, he is popular.

Punctuation Review!

No commas before “and” in compound subjects and predicates! My friends and I play tennis and go bowling every weekend. SIMPLE SENTENCE

Comma before coordinating conjunction! Men may exercise harder, but they may not exercise as regularly as women do. COMPOUND SENTENCE: Coordinating Conjunction

When the adverb clause is first, it is followed by a comma! When people had to hunt for food, they had continuous moderate exercise. COMPLEX SENTENCE: Adverb Clauses--Subordinating Conjunction

References Writing Academic English, Second Edition, by Alice Oshima and Ann Hogue. White Plains: Addison, Wesley, Longman, The Little, Brown Handbook, by H. Ramsey Fowler and Jane E. Aaron, Pearson, 2004.