1. Sentence Structure
Period 5

2. A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea
A verb is a word that names action or a state of being.
person
place
thing
idea
boy
park
shoes
love /joy
president
store
socks
freedom/ dream Am
will Is
was
Were/was

3. Subject (noun): Who or What did it?
Predicate: What did he, she, they, or it do?
Verb + when, how, why, and to what extent
Parts of the predicate can be moved to the beginning of the sentence

4. Last night, she played basketball.
Ex.
Last night, she played basketball.
Predicate S V
Also, part of the Predicate

5. A coordinating conjunction is a word that connects ideas or clauses
A coordinating conjunction is a word that connects ideas or clauses. Use the acronym FANBOYS to remember these conjunctions.
For But
And Or
Nor Yet So
For can sometimes be a preposition, so watch out for this.
Example:
She bought supplies for the classroom.

6. A subordinating conjunction is a word that is often
found at the beginning of a dependent clause. It connects dependent clause to the independent clause in a complex sentence.

7. Independent Clause Dependent Clause
A group of words with a subject and a verb(predicate)
It expresses one complete thought.
Aka simple sentence
A group of words with a subject and a verb (predicate)
Has a subordinating conjunction (a white bus)
Does not express a complete thought/cannot stand alone

8. Independent Clause Dependent Clause Examples She waited in line.
I went for a walk.
The young boy watched a movie.
Because she did not have a pass
Before she went to class
Even though they were not prepared

9. A simple sentence is a sentence with one independent clause
A simple sentence is a sentence with one independent clause. It contains a subject and predicate, and it expresses a complete thought.
1 Subject + 1 Predicate
Compound Subject + predicate
Subject + Compound Predicate
Compound Subject + Compound Predicate
Fernando wore a yellow shirt.
Fernando and Micah wore yellow shirts.
Gael wore a yellow shirt and brought an extra shirt for David.
Tabitha and Eliese completed their work early and had time to tutor some of their classmates.

10. A compound sentence is made up of two or more independent clauses or simple sentences joined together by a comma and coordinating conjunction.

11. Example:
I wanted to go to the mall, but my sister-in-law had other plans,
so we postponed our trip.

12. Example # 2: My own example:
She studied for her test, and she turned in her project on time.
My own example:

13. A complex sentence is a sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. Because it contains a dependent clause, it will contain a subordinating conjunction (A White Bus).

14. There are 2 ways to write a complex sentence.
Independent clause + dependent clause.
Dependent clause + comma, + independent clause.

15. Before she went to school, she fed her pet dog.
She fed her pet dog before she went to school.

16. A compound complex sentence is made up of two or more independent clauses joined together with a coordinating conjunction + dependent clause (dependent clauses contain subordinating conjunctions).

17. Even though I love books, I did not like that one, but I still
read the entire book.

18. Coordinating Conjunctions
Subordinating Conjunctions