You already know 4 common coordinating conjunctions. There are 3 more coordinating conjunctions: for, nor, yet. They are less common. This video will help you to remember all seven coordinating conjunctions. (This video has no sound.)
Remember: To form a compound sentence with a coordinating conjunction, do this:
1st independent clause + comma + coordinating conjunctions + 2nd independent clause
IC + , + cc + IC
A simple sentence has a subject and a predicate (verb + everything that is not the subject = predicate). The subject can be simple or compound, and the verb can be simple or compound.
A simple sentence with a simple subject and a simple predicate:
The teacher left the room.
A simple sentence with a compound subject and a simple predicate:
The teacher and the students left the room.
A simple sentence with a simple subject and a compound predicate:
The teacher left the room and went to lunch.
A simple sentence with a compound subject and a compound predicate:
The teacher and the students left the room and went to lunch.
In a simple sentence, all of the subjects come before all of the verbs.
In this video, Jesse Franzen explains how you can put two simple sentences together to make a compound sentence. You use a comma and a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, so) between the sentences.
Example: The halls are long, but they are narrow.
In a compound sentence, there is a subject or subjects between the verbs.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment