Your individual task:

Write legibly.

Create two sentences each of the four sentence structures. Complete and submit before the end of the session.

Analyze:

What is the difference between the following:

1. I like pizza.

2. I like pizza, but my brother prefers burgers.

The four sentence structures:

• Simple – One independent clause.

• Compound – Two independent clauses joined by a conjunction.

The four sentence structures:

• Complex – One independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.

• Compound-Complex – Two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.

SIMPLE SENTENCE:

• consists of one independent clause; has no conjunctions.
  
  My father is a great cook.
  We went to the beach.
  The sun shines brightly in summer.

COMPOUND SENTENCE:

Two independent clauses joined by a conjunction.

​For He was tired, for he had worked all day.
And She loves chocolate, and she eats it every day.
Nor She doesn’t like tea, nor does she drink coffee.
But He can play the guitar, but he prefers the piano.
Or We can go to the park, or we can stay home.
Yet He enjoys swimming, yet he dislikes the ocean.
So The store was closed, so we found another one.

COMPLEX SENTENCE:

• One independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.

• The "dependent clause" is introduced by subordinating conjunctions.

Subordinating conjunctions:

Subordinating conjunctions:

COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCE:

• Two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.

COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCE:

• Two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.

• Must have the FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

• Must have a subordinating conjunction: After, Although, Because, Before, Even though, If, Since, So that, Though, When, Whenever, While

COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCE:

• Two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.

Write your own sentences now.

• DO NOT use your iPads for translation or grammar check.

• THINK. ANALYZE.

• Do not copy from your classmates.

Write your own sentences now.

• Use different conjunctions in each sentence.

• Encircle all conjunctions used.

• Submit before the class ends.