Simple Sentences
A clause is a group of words that contains one subject and one verb. A
sentence that consists of one clause is called a simple sentence. Here are some
examples. The subjects are printed in bold and the verbs are printed in color.
The girls are playing baseball.Sally found a good hiding place.I am eating my breakfast.Tom is wearing his new shoes today.Will you help me?The sky was very cloudy.I can hear the birds.Everyone was happy.Is it raining again?Compound Sentences
A compound sentence contains two clauses joined by a conjunction such as
and, or, but or so. Look at these examples. The verbs in the clauses are printed
in color. Notice that there are two verbs, one on each side of the conjunction.
Some people are always happy and some people are always sad.
She opened the bag and took out a book.Do you want coffee or would you prefer lemonade?
Is that a bird or is it a plane?John is good at English but he’s not very good at math.
Michael wants to see Star Wars but his friends have already seen it.Tom dropped his sandwich so I gave him mine.
It started to rain so we went inside.Sentences: Simple Sentences; Compound Sentences