Compound Sentence1 - Paragraph Writing
Compound Sentence1 - Paragraph Writing
Compound Sentence1 - Paragraph Writing
Coordinating
Simple Sentence Conjunction Simple Sentence
My family goes camping every summer, and we usually have fun.
Last year we went camping at Blue Lake, but we had a terrible time.
Next year we will go to the beach, or perhaps we will stay at home.
We want to buy a house soon, so we need to save money.
Command sentences can also be compound. Remember that the subject "you" is
not expressed in commands.
{¥ffi:f) Come visit us again soon, and ~bring your family with you.
{¥ffi:f) Have a good time, but ~don't stay out too late.
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"Formulas"
Simple sentence with My family goes camping every svv
compound verb summer and usually has fun.
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fireflies: insects with tails that shine in the dark
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bald: no hair at all
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to do their homework. 6Aiso they're always too busy to clean up 1 their rooms
but they're never too busy to clean ouf the refrigerator by eating everything
in it. 7 Finally they are old enough to drive but too young to pay for gas. 8They
are usually broke' so they always return the family car with an empty gas
tank. 9 lt's hard to be a teenager but it's even harder to be the parent of one.
l. simele sv 6.
2. comeound SV or SV 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5.
And connects two sentences with similar ideas. The sentences can be positive or
negative.
My roommate is an art student, and her boyfriend plays in a rock band.
She doesn't like rock music, and he doesn't like art.
Remember to use or, not and; in a negative simple sentence. To refresh your
memory, turn back to Chapter 1, page 23.
He doesn't like art or classical music.
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clean up: make clean and neat by removing things that make it look messy
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clean out: make clean and neat by removing things; the slang expression clean out can mean remm·~
everything as in The robbers cleaned o ur the cash drau ·er.
3
broke: having no money
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Reason Result
They both like jazz, so they go to jazz concerts together.
He works a lot, so they don 't go out very often.
PRJ\CTICE 9 Fill in the blanks with one of these four coordinating conjunctions: and, but,
01; so. You may want to i'eview the use of and, but, or, and so in simple
-\nd, but, or,
sentences on page 53 before you do this exercise.
and so in
Simple and
Compound 1. The waitress said, "Today we have two specials: fried chicken and
Sentences meatloaf."~
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2. There are several hundred languages in the world. Not all of them
have a written form.
5. There are about one million words in English. Most people use only
about ten thousand of them.
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dialects: variations of the standard language
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l. My brother and I look like twins, but our personalities are very different .
4. I am younger, so ______________________
Two Sentence Two sentence erTors that writers sometimes make are run-ons and comma splices.
Errors: These mistakes happen most often when the two sentences are related in meaning.
Run-ons • A run-on is two simple sentences incorrectly joined with no
and Comma coordinating conjunction and no comma.
Splices
WRONG: My roommate wants to win the Tour de France someday
he spends hours riding his bicycle.
WRONG: Write your signature on the line print your name below it.
• A comma splice is two simple sentences incorTectly joined with a
comma alone.
WRONG : My roommate wants to win the Tour de France someday,
he spends hours riding his bicycle.
WRONG: Write your signature on the line, print your name below it.
2extrove1·t: someone who is active and confident and who enjoys being with other people
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