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Grammar Guru:  Compound Sentences

10/30/2013

12 Comments

 
Read these sentences about your unprotected egg-drop in class, and think about what they have in common:

"I visited Mrs. Bockius's classroom today, and guest speakers were conducting an egg experiment.  Mrs. Bockius divided the students into groups, and each group created a landing pad for eggs.  Every group tested their landing pad, but some eggs did not survive the fall! "

All of these sentences are about the egg-drop experiment, and they are also all COMPOUND SENTENCES.  In fact, every sentence I have written before this one is a compound sentence!  Remember that compound sentences are combined from shorter, complete sentences that could have stood on their own.  Watch:

I visited Mrs. Bockius's classroom today. Guest speakers were conducting an egg experiment.  These are two perfectly fine, complete sentences on their own.  Add a comma and a conjunction and you have the magic of a compound sentence: I visited Mrs. Bockius's classroom today, and guest speakers were conducting an egg experiment.  Complete sentence + comma + conjunction + complete sentence = COMPOUND SENTENCE!

Why would we want to use compound sentences?  Well, we wouldn't ALL the time, but a little variety in our sentence structure makes our writing more interesting to our reader.  Also, as we've discussed before, combining related ideas often helps our writing be more direct, clear and powerful.  Look for and highlight conjunctions in your own writing.  Then see if that conjunction is linking two complete sentences together.  If it is, make sure you separate those two complete thoughts with a comma before that conjunction.  You have a compound sentence!

More examples of COMPOUND SENTENCES:

Armeck growled at the girls, so they all ran away screaming!
I couldn't open the door on my own, but Samsam arrived to help me.
Trevian J helps me with math, and I help him with spelling.





12 Comments
Kaia
10/30/2013 08:30:36 am

Kaia went shopping.
Kaia went to a movie.
Kaia went shopping, and went to a movie.

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Hannah
10/30/2013 08:34:22 am

Hannah fed the dog. The dog was not hungry .
Hannah fed the dog , but the dog was not
hungry.

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zAk
10/30/2013 09:18:14 am

The cow flies across the sky.
Unfortunately they cannot fly for long.
Cows fly across the sky,but unfortunately they cannot fly for long

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Happy
10/30/2013 09:33:03 am

Beck went to a Giants game
Beck threw out the first pitch
Beck went to a Giants game, and threw out the first pitch.

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TreVor.S
10/30/2013 10:30:20 am

Trevor eats cheeseburgers.
Trevor flies fish.
Trevor eats cheeseburgers,and he flies fish

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Brandon the awesome (aka Brandon)
10/30/2013 10:34:22 am

The Red Sox game is on.
Dustin Pedroia almost hit a home run.
The Red Sox game is on, and Dustin Pedroia almost hit a home run.

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JeNnA
10/30/2013 10:47:04 am

Jenna is awesome.
Mrs. Bockius is awesome.
Jenna is awesome, and so is Mrs. Bockius.

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JAZZY
10/30/2013 01:02:45 pm

The bulldog barked behind the fence , and the children ran away .

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$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$
10/30/2013 01:07:25 pm

The boy caught a fish and the line snapped.

Horse Jumper
10/30/2013 01:31:22 pm

Sam rides horses.
Sam does not ride fluffy dragons.
Sam rides horses, but she does not ride fluffy dragons.

The haunted house was scary, so the children screamed.
11/1/2013 12:37:57 am

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MADDIE M.
11/7/2013 01:02:04 am

The cat hissed so the dog would go away.

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