EF56 Simple and compound sentences

3 SENTENCE TYPES:

SIMPLE

COMPOUND

COMPLEX


Simple:  S  V
SS V
S VV
SS VV

subject  predicate

Exercise 27
Wide variety of simple sentences
1. simple subject and predicate
The Canadian flag is flying over the school.

main and complete subjects
main and complete predicates

2. compound predicate
S VV
Marie gets up at 7 and has breakfast.

3. compound subject and predicate
SS V
The dog and the cat are asleep on the bed.

4. simple subject in interrogative sentence
Did you finish your homework last night?

5. simple subject and prepositional phrase
Sarah lives (on 46th Avenue) (in Vancouver).

6. here and compound subject
Here are your boots and hat.

Ex.28
1. Mary goes out to eat and does some shopping in Metrotown.
2. imperative and simple predicate
Take care of yourself.
3. Mary listens to the radio.
Mary listens to music.

COMPOUND

two simple sentences - attach them together

Mary listens to the radio. John watches football.

Mary listens to the radio, and John watches football.
, SOBA
, so   , or    , but   , and

It is raining today, but I rode my bicycle.

It is raining today, so soccer practice is cancelled.

You can stay home tomorrow night, or you can go out to a dance club downtown.

Jennifer doesn't like cats, but she loves dogs. COMPOUND
Jennifer doesn't like cats but loves dogs. SIMPLE


When do I use a comma before and, but, so, or?
Compound- use a comma
Simple - no comma

Lily washes her face and reads a book about Vancouver. SIMPLE
Lily washes her face, and she reads a book about Vancouver. COMPOUND

Writing to Communicate pp26-27
, FANBOYS - my opinion, not that useful: for, nor, yet
, SOBA -high frequency

We were going to the movie. But, we didn't know what time it started. casual, not good for school
Don't start a sentence with but, and, so for school writing.
For school writing, formal writing:
SV, so SV.
SV, or SV.
SV, but SV.
SV, and SV.
It is raining today, but I still rode my bike.

SV. But, SV. Too casual for school. It's not right.
It is raining today. But, I still rode my bike. XXX

It is raining today; however, I still rode my bike.

EXCELLENT STYLE

Writing to Communicate pp62-63

using semicolons ;

SV ; TRANS, SV.

TRANS - transition words

;however,

;therefore,

;also,

;moreover,

;regardless,

;furthermore,

It is raining today; however, I still rode my bike.

My son has a fever today; therefore, he will probably miss soccer practice tonight.

It is raining today, but I still rode my bike.

My son has a fever today, so he will probably miss soccer practice tonight.

2 different ways to write compound sentence6 s