Simple Sentences English III practice. Simple Sentences  SIMPLE SENTENCES have only one IC (Independent Clause) and express only one main idea.  I love.

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Simple Sentences English III practice

Simple Sentences  SIMPLE SENTENCES have only one IC (Independent Clause) and express only one main idea.  I love kumquats.  Maria loves limes.  Maria served punch.

Simple Sentences  SIMPLE SENTENCES can contain a compound elements but will still be just one IC (Independent Clause).  (SS V) Marshall and Allie play basketball.  (S VV) The players dribbled and shot the basketball.  (S V) The team won the game and the tournament.  (S V) They felt happy and elated.  (S V) The team ate at Dairy Queen and McDonalds.

Fragments  FRAGMENTS have only a DC (Dependent Clause) or a P (Phrase) and don’t express a complete thought.  Played football.  A small dog.  Playing at the park.

Practice  DIRECTIONS: Identify each group of words as either a SENTENCE or a FRAGMENT.  He is happy the year is beginning.  My friend jumps for joy.  Showed the animal.  Touch the base.  I played hockey yesterday.  The first day of the week.  I love to swim.

Practice  ANSWERS:  S: He is happy the year is beginning.  S: My friend jumps for joy.  F: Showed the animal.  F: Touch the base.  S: I played hockey yesterday.  F: The first day of the week.  S: I love to swim.

Practice  DIRECTIONS: Identify each group of words as either a SENTENCE or a FRAGMENT.  I want to go to the park.  Swimming in the pool.  She hit the baseball.  My family wants a dog.  Threw me the ball.  I jumped on the couch.  My friend John.

Practice  ANSWERS:  S: I want to go to the park.  F: Swimming in the pool.  S: She hit the baseball.  S: My family wants a dog.  F: Threw me the ball.  S: I jumped on the couch.  F: My friend John.

Practice  DIRECTIONS: Fix these FRAGMENTS so they are SIMPLE SENTENCES.  F: Showed the animal.  F: Touch the base.  F: The first day of the week.  F: Swimming in the pool.  F: Threw me the ball.  F: My friend John.

ASSIGNMENT  Complete side 1 of your worksheet.

Simple Sentences  Simple Sentence FORMULAS:  S V (Single subject, Single predicate)  SS V (Compound subject, Single predicate)  S VV (Single subject, Compound predicate)  SS VV (Compound subject, Compound predicate)

Practice  DIRECTIONS: Identify the formula for each of these simple sentences.  I should have a pet white rabbit at home.  The shiny beetles could have flown five miles and landed on some trees.  Down dived the blue plane toward the earth.  Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and can be misjudged easily.

Practice  ANSWERS: I should have a pet white rabbit at home.  (S VV) The shiny beetles could have flown five miles and landed on some trees.  (V S) Down dived the blue plane toward the earth.  (S VV) Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and can be misjudged easily.

Practice  DIRECTIONS: Identify the formula for each of these simple sentences.  France and England had many disputes and fought for decades.  The spaceman and his friends sipped their lunch through tubes.  My older brother sleeps with a pillow on his head.  The green snake and the brown toad were not close friends.

Practice  ANSWERS:  (SS VV) France and England had many disputes and fought for decades.  (SS V) The spaceman and his friends sipped their lunch through tubes.  (S V) My older brother sleeps with a pillow on his head.  (SS V) The green snake and the brown toad were not close friends.

Practice  DIRECTIONS: Write your own sentence for each of the following formulas.  S V (Single subject, Single predicate)  SS V (Compound subject, Single predicate)  S VV (Single subject, Compound predicate)  SS VV (Compound subject, Compound predicate)

ASSIGNMENT  Complete side 2 of your worksheet.