Sentences: Simple or Compound

The farmer was poor.

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

Answer explanation

Subject: The farmer

Predicate: was poor

The farmer was poor, and he needed firewood.

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

Answer explanation

Subject 01: The farmer

Predicate 02: was poor

Comma + Conjunction: , and

Subject 02: he

Predicate 02: needed firewood

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

The bees make sweet honey.

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

Answer explanation

Subject: The bees

Predicate: make sweet honey

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.4A

The bees make sweet honey and work hard.

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

Answer explanation

Subject: The bees

Compound Predicate: make sweet honey and work hard

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

The bees make sweet honey, and they work hard.

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

Answer explanation

Subject 01: The bees

Predicate 01: make sweet honey

Comma + Conjunction: , and

Subject 02: they

Predicate 02: work hard

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

The farmer found honey, so he didn't cut down the tree.

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

Answer explanation

Subject 01: The farmer

Predicate 01: found honey

Comma + Conjunction: , so

Subject 02: he

Predicate 02: didn't cut down the tree

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

The birds and grasshoppers lived in the tree.

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

Answer explanation

Compound Subject: The birds and grasshoppers

Predicate 01: lived in the tree

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.4A

The birds sang, and the grasshoppers jumped.

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

Answer explanation

Subject 01: The birds

Predicate 01: sang

Comma + Conjunction: , and

Subject 02: the grasshoppers

Predicate 02: jumped

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I