1. UNDERLINE SIMPLE SUBJECT – MORE THAN ONE? COMPOUND! 2. UNDERLINE SIMPLE PREDICATE – MORE THAN ONE? SHARE THE SAME SUBJECT? COMPOUND! Tips for Identifying Compound Subjects and Compound Predicates
1. TWO OR MORE NOUNS OR PRONOUNS + AND/BUT/OR = COMPOUND SUBJ. 2. TWO OR MORE VERBS OR VERB PHRASES + AND/BUT/OR = COMPOUND PREDICATE *REMEMBER: - COMPOUND PREDICATES MUST SHARE THE SAME SUBJECT BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE TO BE IN THE SAME TENSE Tips for Writing Compound Subjects and Compound Predicates
1. JOIN TWO SEPARATE THOUGHTS (CLAUSES) USING A COORDINATING CONJUNCTION 2. ENSURE THAT BOTH CLAUSES ARE INDEPENDENT 3. ENSURE THAT BOTH CLAUSES HAVE A SUBJECT 4. IF YOU USE A SEMI-COLON, DO NOT USE A CONJUNCTION AND DO NOT CAPITALIZE THE NEXT WORD Tips for Writing/Identifying Compound Sentences
1. FOR = GIVES A REASON 2. AND = NON-CONTRASTING 3. NOR = NEGATIVE NON-CONTRASTING 4. BUT = CONTRAST 5. OR = CHOICE, ALTERNATIVE 6. YET =CONTRAST, EXCEPTION 7. SO = RESULT Not all Coordinating Conjunctions were created equally…
CS, CP TASK Write the following sentences: CS with characters from The Crucible SS John Proctor with a CP Interrogative with both CS and CP 3 SS (CS) with characters from ADNPWD SS Abe Lincoln with a CP with one SP being a verb phrase CS Mario and Luigi with a CP with one SP being a verb phrase interrupted by an adverb KEY CS = Compound subject CP = Compound predicate SS = Simple subject SP = Simple predicate