Sentence Writing Strategy Notes Junior/Senior English

Simple Sentence A simple sentence that has one Independent clause. Gloria rode her bike.

Independent Clause A group of words that: – 1. makes a complete statement. – 2. has a subject and a predicate. James drove his car to work.

Subject of a Sentence Nouns – Person: Jon went for a walk – Place: Towns are quiet after a snowfall. – Thing: Eggs rolled off the counter. – Quality: Silence is golden – Idea: Peace is at hand.

The Predicate(verb) of Sentence The predicate (verb) shows the 1. State of being 2. Action Physical: Sally sneezed. Mental Action: John thinks. State of being: Jesse is my friend.

Dependent Clause …a group of words with a subject and predicate that cannot stand alone. 1.I like Sally because she is funny. 2.Kathy will be late for dinner since the meeting is still in progress. 3.The game will end when one team scores.

Compound Sentence...has two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction. Examples: 1.The students finished class, and they went to lunch. 2.Kevin did not want to hurt Kathy’s feelings, so he said nothing about her mistake.

Complex Sentence …one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. After the football game, Margie went home for the night. When the sun goes down, the weather gets colder.

Comma Rules 1.Items in a list.  I went to the store to buy oranges, apples, and cherries. 2. Multiple Adjectives.  I prefer to write with a sharp, yellow pencil 3. Introductory words/phrases  Suddenly, I heard the sirens go off. 4. Interrupters: needs 2 commas, when taken out of sentence, it still is a complete sentence.  However, I believe, in fact, yes, no

Comma Rules (cont.) Mrs. Pagel, however, forgot to bring in the candy for class. 5. Compound sentences using coordinating conjunctions: use one comma to join two independent clauses.  FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but or, yet, so  I went to the hockey game, and the team won in overtime.