Building Better Sentences

Choose the SIMPLE sentence

• I don't like grilled chicken.

• I only eat fried chicken because it is delicious.

• I prefer fried chicken on my salad, and I don't care that it's unhealthy.

• Because I only eat friend chicken, I am not losing any weight.

Choose the COMPOUND sentence.

• This chicken is good and spicy.

• This chicken is good, and it is spicy.

• Because this chicken is spicy, it is good.

• This chicken is good because it is spicy.

Choose the COMPLEX sentence.

• It is cold on the weekends.

• I am mad at the weather man.

• It is cold on the weekends, and I am mad at the weather man.

• Because it is cold on the weekends, I am mad at the weather man.

Choose the COMPOUND COMPLEX sentence.

• I like trees.

• Trees are good for the environment.

• I like trees because they are good for the environment.

• Because they are good for the environment, I like trees, and I plant as many as I can.

Choose the COORDINATING conjunction

• if

• and

• because

• then

Choose the SUBORDINATING conjunction

• and

• but

• or

• since

What is another word for a "simple sentence?"

• dependent clause

• coordinating conjunction

• independent clause

• compound sentence

If you put a subordinating conjunction at the beginning of an independent clause, that clause becomes:

• dependent

• married

• a phrasal verb

• a subject

If your dependent clause comes at the beginning of your sentence, you must follow it with a:

• period

• comma

• semi-colon

• predicate adjective

All compound sentences have a ________ and a _________.

• coordinating conjunction; comma

• subordinating conjunction; colon

• 1 subject; 1 verb

• independent clause; dependent clause.