What is a sentence?
A group of words that express your ideas.
Every sentence has two parts that are...?
A subject (who or what the sentence is about) and a predicate (tells what the subject is or does).
TRUE OR FALSE: A simple sentence expresses one complete thought?
TRUE
Give me one example of a SIMPLE SENTENCE with the image above.
Example: My house is blue.
What is a COMPOUND SENTENCE?
A compound sentence has two or more simple sentences.
Give me one example of a COMPOUND SENTENCE with the image above.
Example: Maria and Julio washed the dishes, and Lorena feed the plants.
What are the conjunctions we use in a COMPOUND SENTENCE?
(and, or, but, so)
TRUE OR FALSE: The COMPOUND SENTENCES are used to show a connection between two ideas or events?
TRUE
What is missing in this COMPOUND SENTENCE?: Inés has three sisters and I have one brother.
THE COMMA: Inés has three sisters, and I have one brother.
What is missing in this COMPOUND SENTENCE? : I went there I couldn't find him.
A CONJUNCTION: I went there, BUT I couldn't find him.
Tell me the CONJUNCTION in this sentence: My family went to the shopping center yesterday, and we had a wonderful time.
AND
Is this a SIMPLE or a COMPOUND sentence? : We go the beach every summer.
SIMPLE SENTENCE
Is this a SIMPLE or a COMPOUND sentence? : Saulo plays tennis in the morning.
SIMPLE SENTENCE.
Is this a SIMPLE or a COMPOUND sentence? : Jane has a red car, but Antonio has a blue car.
COMPOUND SENTENCE.
Is this a SIMPLE or a COMPOUND sentence? : I like tea, and he likes coffee.
COMPOUND SENTENCE.
What is a COMPLEX sentence?
A complex sentence contains an Independent sentence and a Dependent sentence that begins with a subordinating conjunction.
