Don’t forget compound sentences, too!

Compound Sentence  Remember, a compound sentence is a sentence with the following: 2 ICs (aka simple sentences) 1 Coordinator (aka FANBOYS)

Independent Clauses  Independent Clause: a group of words that contains a subject, a predicate, and a complete thought.  Example: My ninja duck defeated the evil flying squirrels.

 My ninja duck defeated the evil flying squirrels. Subject: duck Predicate: defeated Complete thought: Yep. No questions here. I have all the information I need.

INDEPENDENT CLAUSE, COORDINATOR FOR AND NOR BUT OR YET SO

 Example: My raccoon is brown, and he likes to eat bananas. First IC: My raccoon is brown Coordinator: and Second IC: He likes to eat bananas

Your Turn!  Write TWO compound sentences. Possible topics: Aliens, dinosaurs, zombies, ninjas, superheroes, rock stars, teachers (woot woot!), clothing, …or anything else. Be sure to use two DIFFERENT coordinators

Independent Clauses  Independent Clause: a group of words that contains a subject, a predicate, and a complete thought.  Example: My ninja duck defeated the evil flying squirrels.

 My ninja duck defeated the evil flying squirrels. Subject: duck Predicate: defeated Complete thought: Yep. No questions here. I have all the information I need.

Dependent Clause  Dependent Clause: a group of words that does not express a complete thought, yet contains a subordinator.  Example: Because my ninja duck defeated the evil flying squirrels.

 Because my ninja duck defeated the evil flying squirrels. Subject: duck Predicate: defeated Complete thought:...Not quite. The subordinator “because” makes me wonder what happened as a result of the ninja duck’s defeat of the evil flying squirrels.

Hold the phone…  Are you telling me, miss, that just because “because” was added to the IC, it became a DC?  Yes! It’s true! When a subordinator is added to the beginning of an IC, it becomes a DC. My ninja duck defeated the evil flying squirrels. BECAUSE my ninja duck defeated the evil flying squirrels.

List of Subordinators After Although As As far as As if As long as As soon as As though Because Before Considering (that) If Inasmuch as In order that Since So long as So (that) Than Though Till Unless Until When Whenever Where Whereas Wherever while

Your turn!  Create three sentences that have one dependent clause and one independent clause. This is called a COMPLEX SENTENCE. Don’t worry, we’ll get to it