Compound Sentences English Mr. McCloskey

Define the following to the best of your ability – Your definition should be in complete sentences.  Give an example for each. Remember how commas can help make distinctions between these different things. Use your notes in necessary.

1.      A Clause:  A clause is a group of words that contain a subject and a predicate.

2.      Predicate:  state, affirm, or assert (something) about the subject of a sentence or an argument of a proposition. “a word that predicates something about its subject"

3.      An Independent Clause:  Examples of Independent Clauses. An independent clause is a group of words that contains both a subject and a predicate. It expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. It can also be joined to other dependent or independent clauses to make a more interesting and complex sentence.

4.      A Compound Sentence:  A compound sentence is a sentence that has at least two independent clauses joined by a comma, semicolon or conjunction. An independent clause is a clause that has a subject and verb and forms a complete thought. An example of a compound sentence is, 'This house is too expensive, and that house is too small.'

5.       A Subordinate Clause: a clause, typically introduced by a conjunction that forms part of and is dependent on a main

REVIEW:

Part 1 – Write 5 sentences of your own. Identify the subject and the predicate. Each sentence must use a vocab word. 

1.

Subject:                                                                              Predicate:

2.

Subject:                                                                          Predicate:

3.

Subject:                                                                              Predicate:

4.

Subject                                                                               Predicate:

5.

Subject                                                                              Predicate:

PART TWO: Write 5 of your own, compound sentences using appropriate punctuation. You must use a vocab word, and adhere to whatever tense you’re given. Compound sentences MUST have a conjunction. 

1.       (Past Tense)

2.       (Future Tense)

3.       (Present Tense)

4.       (Past Tense)

5.       Present Tense