Sentence Types 2 - Compound Sentence

Compound Sentence

• A compound sentence
• has two or more finite verbs.
• is made up of two or more Simple sentences joined together by       coordinating conjunctions (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
• has one or more subjects and predicates.
• consists of a main clause and one or more coordinate clauses.

• For example:

1. Joe waited for the train, but the train was late.
2. I looked for Mary and Samantha at the bus station, but they arrived at the station before noon and left on the bus before I arrived.
3. I smiled and left the room.
4. The bus was late but we were not worried.
5. You can wait here or you can go home.
6. She was tired, yet he did not want to take a rest.
7. The boy screamed and then ran out of the room.
8. I had no bicycle, so I had to walk to the park.

Coordinating conjunctions

• coordinating conjunctions are useful for connecting sentences, but compound sentences often are overused.
• use to link clauses which have the same subject or clauses which have different subjects.
• For example:
• I picked up the glass and raised it to my lips.
• The man told a story and the boy listened.

Functions of coordinating conjunctions

• and= to mention two related facts.

He gained a A in English and now plans to study at England.

• and= to indicate two things happened or are happening at the same time.

She sat and watched her.

• and= to indicate event in first clause happens or happened before event described in the second.

We finished our drinks and left.

• but= to add a contrasting fact

I'm only 50, but I feel a hundred.

• or= to mention two alternatives.

Did he jump or was he pushed?

• yet= to add a fact which contrasts strongly with what you have just said.

Everything around him was blown to pieces, yet the minister escaped without a scratch.