Sentence Combining

The Simple Sentence

A sentence will…

•Express a complete thought.•It can stand alone.

•Contains a subject and a predicate.

The SUBJECT tells who or what the sentence is about.

The PREDICATE (VERB) tells about the SUBJECT.

The Simple Sentence

• A simple or BASIC sentence will have a subject and a verb (subject and predicate).

EXAMPLES

Charles went to the park.

Laura saw a huge bear.

The squirrel ate the food.

Subjects and Predicates Example ONE

• John drove his truck to the Canadian border.

John = Subject

drove = Predicate

Simple Subject

• The Simple Subject tells WHAT or WHOM the sentence is about.

Chad, my next door neighbor, went to the store to buy some apples.

Complete SubjectSimple Subject

The Complete Subject tells about the WHOLE subject of the sentence.

Simple Predicate

• The Simple Predicate tells about the Subject—just the basics

John ran down the rocky trail.

Simple Predicate = ranComplete Predicate

I grabbed the bull by the horns.

Simple Predicate = grabbed

Complete Predicate

• Kathy saw a humongous alligator in the ditch yesterday.

Subject

Simple Predicate

Now YOU write 10 simple sentences. Underline the Simple Subject and circle

the Simple Predicate

REMEMBERThe Basic Sentence

• All a sentence needs to have to be complete is a SUBJECT and a PREDICATE (verb)…no matter how big or small it is.

I ran. She walked. The bird hopped.

The dog growled.

He yelled.

She cried. The man sat.

Compound Subject

• A sentence has a compound subject if there is more than one subject mentioned in the sentence

Example: John and Joan went on a day long hike near Crater Lake.

John, Joan = Compound Subjects

Now write 5 Compound Subject sentences.

Compound Predicate

• Andy went to the store and bought some gum.

Compound Predicate

Now write 5 Compound Predicate sentences.

Compound Predicate = two

verbs

Just What are FANBOYS?

• Coordinating Conjunctions—they join two words or sentences together.

And, But, Or,

The Compound Sentence

• A compound sentence consists of two sentences joined together by FANBOYS

• (And, But, Or, ) or a SEMICOLON.

John went to the store. He bought some apples., and

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John went to the store, and he bought some apples.

• Laura wanted to go shopping, but she decided to stay home instead.

• Doug stayed at home all day long, and he used his free time to finish his work.

• Ms. Chivi needs to finish preparing her St. Patrick’s presentation at 1:00 p.m., or she will have to ask for help.

Examples