simple sentence - compound sentence

a simple sentence

• has two subject-verb groups

• always has a conjunction

• express one complete idea

a compound sentence

• has two subject- verb groups

• has only one verb

• has exactly one complete idea

choose the compound sentence

• A criminal stole Wei's credit card number.

• Wei lost her credit card, so she cancelled it.

• Wei never uses her credit card.

choose the compound sentence

• A stranger called Katia, and she hung up.

• A stranger called Katia on the phone.

• Katia did not answer the phone.

a compound sentence always has

• a question mark

• a comma

• a apostrophe

choose the compound sentence

• Mercedes does not charge anything to her credit card.

• Mercedes likes to pay for things with cash.

• Mercedes pays with cash, so she rarely uses her credit card.

choose compound sentence

• Someone tricked David over text message.

• David replied to the text message from a stranger.

• A stranger sent a text message to David, and he replied it.

an example of conjunction is

• and

• together

• from

choose the simple sentence

• Carmen lost her phone, so she bought a new one.

• Carmen lost her phone yesterday afternoon in a mall.

• Carmen lost her phone, but she did not buy a new one.

choose simple sentence

• Anna pays her bill on time, but Pablo pays his late.

• Anna always pays her bill on time.

• Anna pays her bill on time, so she does not have late fee.