Simple and Compound

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  So in today's grammar lesson, we're gonna be talking about

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  simple and compound sentences.

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  So before we start going into our actual lesson, let's

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  just take a look at our objectives for today.

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  So our first objective is to recognize the elements of

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  a compound sentence to identify the correct punctuation associated with

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  coordinating conjunctions and to describe why compound sentences must be

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  included in writing.

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  So just to refresh your memory, let's begin with a

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  recap of a simple sentence.

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  I know you will know what this is from fifth

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  grade, but just a reminder, because we need to know

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  it like we know the back of our hands.

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  A simple sentence contains a subject and a verb, and

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  it expresses a single, complete thought.

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  A simple sentence is the same thing as an independent

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  clause. What is an independent clause?

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  It's a simple sentence.

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  It's a clause that can stand alone.

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  It's a group of words that contains a subject and

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  a verb and expresses a complete thought.

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  It literally is a simple sentence just to avoid confusion.

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  Independent clause equals a simple sentence.

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  Some examples, of course.

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  The cell phone ring right before the class.

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  What's the subject here.

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  It would be cell phone, and what is the verb

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  rang? Does the sentence make sense, or does it stand

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  alone? Yeah, it does.

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  The cellphone rang right before the class.

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  There's nothing missing.

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  It doesn't sound off to me.

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  So it is a simple sentence, and it is an

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  independent clause.

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  Okay, let's move on to the fun stuff.

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  Compound sentences.

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  A compound sentence is a sentence that joins two independent

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  clauses together with either a coordinating conjunction or a semi

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  colon. There are two ways, either comma, plus coordinating conjunction.

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  Like I said or semi Colon, let's take a look

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  at what exactly a coordinating conjunction is.

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  So like we said to make a compound sentence.

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  One of the ways is comma plus coordinating conjunction.

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  It coordinating conjunction is a Fanboy.

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  You're familiar with this?

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  The Fanboys are coordinating conjunctions for and nor but or

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  yet so.

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  For example, the cellphone rang right before class, so the

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  student quickly turned off the phones Ringer Notice how there's

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  a comma before the so another one.

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  The teens walk to the park, but it was closed

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  common before the coordinating conjunction, but or the Fanboy notice

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  here, the teams walk to the park.

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  This is a simple sentence that works perfectly well on

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  its own, and the other underlined one.

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  It was closed is another independent clause that works perfectly

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  on its own.

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  That's what makes it a compound sentence.

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  We're putting two independent clauses together or two simple sentences

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  together, and we're putting a coordinating conjunction right in between

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  them. The third example that gentleman did not know where

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  the sound came from comma.

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  So he hid behind the tree just to remind you

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  hear the Fanboys to be used after a comma when

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  you're making a compound sentence.

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  Now, you can also use a semi colon, for example,

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  of the teacher applauded, the class cynical and the kids

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  beamed with pride.

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  So the first part teacher, part of the class that's

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  an independent closet, works by itself, and the next one,

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  the kids beamed with pride, also an independent clause or

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  its simple sentence.

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  So we conjoined them, make a compound sentence by putting

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  a semi colon.

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  If we want the second example, the dog ate the

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  cat slept two simple sentences, joined by semi colon.

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  It works perfectly now.

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  Here's something that I call a compound sentence sandwich.

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  So just to help you remember how this works, you

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  can tell yourself that a compound sentence is just like

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  a sandwich.

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  The buns, the bread are the independent clauses or the

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  simple sentences, and whatever is in the middle can be

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  common with a Fanboy or a cynical and okay, now

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  it's always important to ask Why.

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  Why is it important to use compound sentences or two

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  very sentence structure change sentence structure?

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  Why can't I use just simple sentences all the time?

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  Well, here, it says, Too many simple sentences can make

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  your writing sound choppy.

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  If you're only using simple sentences, there's not a nice

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  flow. It's not fun for the reader to read now.

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  Also, on the other hand, too many long sentences.

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  Can you make your writing a little bit difficult to

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  follow? Therefore, you should vary or change up your sentences

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  by making some short and some long use, some simple

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  sentences and some compound sentences.

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  At this point, it will help make your writing interesting

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  and coherent or clear.

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  So this is very important to keep in mind, um,

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  in your writing class as well that you're using compound

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  sentences and simple sentences.

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  OK, the directions here.

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  Copy the sentence.

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  Or just take a look here, Marcus.

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  Simple or compound?

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  If compound Marc y so we have female penguins usually

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  stay at sea.

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  That's a simple sentence, and we have they returned when

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  their eggs hatch.

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  Also a simple sentence.

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  It's being joined with comma, Fanboy or comma conjunction.

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  So this is a compound sentence.

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  Let's do number three.

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  The son arose.

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  The'RE did not feel warm.

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  The sun rose is a simple sentence.

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  The air did not feel warm is also a simple

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  sentence taken.

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  Both stand on their own and their joined with a

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  semi colon.

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  So this is another compound sentence.

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  Now, when you are creating your own compound sentences, you

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  can change it up a ZX Well, sometimes you can

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  use comma conjunction like Kama Fanboy, and sometimes you can

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  use just a semi colon on its own.

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  But if I were you, I wouldn't use too many

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  semi colons in your writing because it can just seem

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  strange. Eso My favorite way to created a compound sentence

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  is to use a comma Fanboy, and that is all

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  for our lesson on simple and compound sentences.