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Sentence Combining
The Simple Sentence
A sentence will…
•Express a complete thought.
•It can stand alone.
•Contains a subject and a predicate.
The SUBJECT tells who or what the sentence is about.
The PREDICATE (VERB) tells about the SUBJECT.
The Simple Sentence
• A simple or BASIC sentence will have a
subject and a verb (subject and predicate).
EXAMPLES
Charles went to the park.
Laura saw a huge bear.
The squirrel ate the food.
Subjects and Predicates
Example ONE
• John drove his truck to the Canadian border.
drove = Predicate
John = Subject
Simple Subject
• The Simple Subject tells WHAT or WHOM
the sentence is about.
Chad, my next door neighbor, went to the store
to buy some apples.
Simple Subject Complete Subject
The Complete Subject tells about the WHOLE subject of
the sentence.
Simple Predicate
• The Simple Predicate tells about the Subject—just
the basics
John ran down the rocky trail.
Complete Predicate
Simple Predicate = ran
I grabbed the bull by the horns.
Complete Predicate
Simple Predicate = grabbed
• Kathy saw a humongous alligator in the
ditch yesterday.
Simple Predicate
Subject
Now YOU write 10 simple sentences. Underline the
Simple Subject and circle the Simple Predicate
REMEMBER
The Basic Sentence
• All a sentence needs to have to be complete is a
SUBJECT and a PREDICATE (verb)…no matter
how big or small it is.
I ran.
She walked.
The bird hopped.
The dog growled.
He yelled.
She cried.
The man sat.
Compound Subject
• A sentence has a compound subject if there
is more than one subject mentioned in the
sentence
Example: John and Joan went on a day long hike near
Crater Lake.
John, Joan = Compound
Subjects
Now write 5 Compound Subject sentences.
Compound Predicate
• Andy went to the store and bought some
gum.
Compound
Predicate = two
verbs
Compound Predicate
Now write 5 Compound Predicate sentences.
Just What are
FANBOYS?
• Coordinating Conjunctions—they join two
words or sentences together.
And, But, Or,
The Compound Sentence
•
A compound sentence consists of two sentences joined
together by FANBOYS
• (And, But, Or, ) or a SEMICOLON.
John went to the store.
, and
h
He bought some apples.
John went to the store, and he bought some apples.
Examples
• Laura wanted to go shopping, but she
decided to stay home instead.
• Doug stayed at home all day long, and he
used his free time to finish his work.
• Ms. Chivi needs to finish preparing her St.
Patrick’s presentation at 1:00 p.m., or she
will have to ask for help.