Transcript Sentence Structure Notes

Sentence Structure
There will be a Sentence Structure Quiz
this Friday, November 7th.
Sentence Structure
There are four different sentence
structures:
(1) simple, (2) compound, (3) complex,
and (4) compound-complex.
Sentence Structure
Make sure you use the correct
abbreviation for each type.
Add the following to the front of your
graphic organizer.
(1) simple -- ss
(2) compound -- cd
(3) complex -- cx
(4) compound-complex -- cd-cx
Simple Sentences
Simple Sentences have ONE
independent clause and NO
subordinate (or dependent) clauses.
Remember: An independent clause expresses
a complete thought, so it can stand alone.
A subordinate clause (also known as a
dependent clause) cannot, so it’s
dependent on the rest of the sentence to
make sense.
Additional Notes
Simple sentences may have
• compound subjects
• compound verbs
• and sometimes even BOTH
Simple sentences may also have
• prepositional phrases too
Simple Sentences
Examples:
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The baby threw his bottle.
Bradley and Anna-Scott love to swim. (compound
subject)
McDaniel still sleeps and eats a lot. (compound
verb)
The teacher and the student entered and won the
contest. (compound subject AND compound verb)
You are a student on the 7th grade White Team at
Oak Mountain Middle School. (prepositional
phrases)
Simple Sentences
Now you try!
Compound Sentences
A compound sentence has TWO or
MORE independent clauses but NO
subordinate clauses.
Additional Notes
The independent clauses are joined by
either a semicolon (;) or a comma (,)
plus a coordinating conjunction.
Additional Notes
Coordinating conjunctions can be
remembered like this:
FANBOYS
O N O U R E O
R D R T
T
(for and nor but or yet so)
Compound Sentences
Examples:
1. Riverchase led half of the game, but Oak Mountain
was victorious.
2. I wanted to go to the gala, but I did not have a
date.
3. Oak Mountain Middle School has hard-working
students; their teachers expect a lot of them.
Notice:
There must be an independent clause on either side of
the semicolon or the comma/conjunction.
Compound Sentences
There must be an independent clause on either side of
the semicolon or the comma/conjunction.
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3.
[ Riverchase led half of the game] , but [ Oak
Mountain was victorious] .
[ I wanted to go to the gala] , but [ I did not have a
date].
[ Oak Mountain Middle School has hard-working
students]; [ their teachers expect a lot of them].
Compound Sentences
NOW YOU TRY!
Complex Sentences
A complex sentence has ONE
independent clause and AT LEAST
ONE subordinate clause.
Think back to Wednesday’s test on
Clauses. Every sentence that had an
adjective clause or adverb clause in it
was a COMPLEX sentence.
Additional Notes
Continue to look for RELATIVE
PRONOUNS in your sentences as
well as SUBORDINATING
CONJUNCTIONS.
Complex Sentences
Examples:
1. I am not a morning person [when I
first wake up].
2. [Because I forgot the tickets], we had
to turn around.
3. The laundry [that is in the dryer]
needs to be folded.
Complex Sentences
NOW YOU TRY!
Compound-Complex
Sentences
A compound-complex sentence has TWO
OR MORE independent clauses and
AT LEAST ONE subordinate clause.
Additional Notes
A compound-complex sentence contains
elements of BOTH a COMPOUND
and a COMPLEX sentence.
Compound-Complex
Sentences
So look for a sentence that has a comma
plus a conjunction AND a
subordinating conjunction, for
example.
I was weak, and I was tired because I
had been so sick with the stomach flu.
Compound-Complex
Sentences
Another example:
Before we left for the game, I had to ask
my mom for money, but she yelled
that she was broke.
You have two independent clauses and
two subordinate clauses.
Compound-Complex
Sentences
NOW YOU TRY!