Compound and Complex Sentences

Have you ever put together two sentences in your writing to make a paragraph sound better? A. YES B. NO

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Introduction to Compound Sentences

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IC ,conjunction IC. Or IC; IC. Compound Sentence  A compound sentence contains more than one independent clause (IC). INDEPENDENT CLAUSE Two important patterns for constructing compound sentences:    IC ,conjunction IC. Or IC; IC.          

Independent Clause (IC) An independent clause is a meaningful group of words that contains both a subject and a verb.  An independent clause can stand alone as a simple sentence. EX. I eat bananas. Eat bananas.

IC, conjunction IC. IC1: I love to eat. IC2: It makes me fat. These two sentences could stand on their own, but to make your writing flow you could combine them using a conjunction. I love to eat, and it makes me fat.

IC; IC. IC1: We went swimming. IC2: We had so much fun. Sometimes you don’t want to use a conjunction. There is always the option of a semi-colon. We went swimming; we had so much fun.

Complex Sentence contains one independent clause (IC) and at least one dependent clause (DC).   There are many exceptions, but these two patterns will help you punctuate most complex sentences:  IC  DC.   DC, IC.   (No comma is necessary if the IC comes first in the sentence.) (If the DC comes first, you must use a comma.) 

Dependent Clause (DC) A dependent clause is a meaningful group of words that contains both a subject and a verb A dependent clause (DC) can NOT stand alone as a sentence   EX. After I eat bananas I eat bananas.

IC DC. IC: I went on Facebook. DC: After I got home from practice If the IC comes before the DC, you do not need a comma. I went on Facebook after I got home from practice.

DC, IC. IC: I went on Facebook. DC: After I got home from practice If the DC comes before the IC, you need a comma after the DC. After I got home from practice, I went on Facebook.

Some Practice Identify these sentences as complex or compound. If the sentence is compound, identify the independent clauses. If the sentence is complex, identify the independent clause and the dependent clause. TURN IN YOUR PAPER WHEN YOU FINISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EXAMPLES After they finished studying, Kayla and Marissa went to the movies.  I tried to speak Spanish, and my friend tried to speak English.   The students are studying because they have a test tomorrow. When he handed in his homework, he forgot to give the teacher the last page.   We went ice skating, but they went bowling. Tiana and Hakeem went to the movies after they finished studying. The teacher returned the homework after she noticed the error.  Alejandro played football, and Maria went shopping. 

ANSWERS Independent Clause Dependent Clause After they finished studying, Kayla and Marissa went to the movies.  I tried to speak Spanish, and my friend tried to speak English.   The students are studying because they have a test tomorrow. When he handed in his homework, he forgot to give the teacher the last page.   We went ice skating, but they went bowling. Tiana and Hakeem went to the movies after they finished studying. The teacher returned the homework after she noticed the error.  Alejandro played football, and Maria went shopping.  1. Complex Sentence 2. Compound Sentence 3. Complex Sentence 4. Complex Sentence 5. Compound Sentence 6. Complex Sentence 7. Complex Sentence 8. Compound Sentence