1. SIMPLE, COMPOUND, AND COMPLEX
SENTENCES
A little review and a little new…

2. SIMPLE SENTENCES
 Containone independent clause and
no subordinate clauses.
 CAN contain compound
subject, compound verb, or both.

3. EXAMPLES OF SIMPLE SENTENCES:
I went to the beach.
 (single subject, single verb)
Sarah and I went to the beach.
 (Compound subject, single verb)
Sarah went to the beach and swam
in the ocean.
 (Single subject, compound verb)
Sarah and I returned from the beach
and went to sleep.
 (compound subject, compound verb)

4. COMPOUND SENTENCES
 Contain
TWO OR MORE
INDEPENDENT CLAUSES but NO
SUBORDINATE CLAUSE.
 Eachindependent clause is of equal
weight or importance in the sentence.

5. EXAMPLES OF COMPOUND SENTENCES
 Rehearsal ended, and the students went
home.
 The phone rang, but no one answer it.
 There are only four weeks of school left, yet
there is still a lot of work to do.

6. COMPLEX SENTENCES
 Contain
ONE INDEPENDENT
CLAUSE and ONE OR MORE
SUBORDINATE CLAUSES.
 The subordinate clause is dependent
on the independent clause to make
sense.

7. EXAMPLES OF COMPLEX SENTENCES:
IND. CLAUSE IS IN BOLD, SUB. CLAUSE IS
EXPLAINED BELOW…
 You need to continue reading your book for lit
circles even if you don’t get time during class
today.
 (Even if you don’t get time during class today is the sub.
clause—it tells WHY you NEED to read)
 If you have questions about these sentences, you
should ask Ms. Keasling the next time you see
her.
 (If you have questions about these sentences is the
sub. clause—it tells WHY you SHOULD ASK)

8. COMPLEX SENTENCE WITH 2 SUB. CLAUSES
(NOTICE THE COMMA USAGE)
Iwent to the beach because the
weather was warm, even though it
was a weekday.
 Even
though it was a
weekday, because the weather was
warm, I went to the beach.

9. NOW FOR SOME PRACTICE:
SIMPLE, COMPLEX, OR COMPOUND?
1. Owen found his book over the weekend, but
Cole did not.
2. Alex and Charlie were talking about hotdogs
when they should have been talking about their
project.
3. Sachin and Eric were passing out the papers.
4. Because it was so much fun working on
grammar, students almost forgot it was the end
of the school year.

10. SIMPLE, COMPOUND, COMPLEX, COMPOUND-
COMPLEX?
 Pick up the green packet and get to work.
 You will take a quiz on Monday, and it will count
toward your grade.
 Your grade will be affected by your final which is
next week.
 There is still work to complete, and you have
studying to even though the year is almost over.