Grammar: Simple Sentences vs. Compound Sentences
Day 3
Directions: Underline the entire Subject of each Independent Clause; place a box around the entire Verb
Phrase for each Independent Clause. Identify whether each sentence is Simple or Compound.
Examples:
INDEPENDENT CL. #1
INDEPENDENT CL. #2
This poorly crafted sentence is clearly compound, yet it
SUBJECT
VERB PHRASE
should help you nonetheless.
SUBJECT
VERB PHRASE
COMPOUND SENTENCE
INDEPENDENT CL. #1
This lonely sentence
SUBJECT
is regrettably simple and all alone.
VERB
SIMPLE SENTENCE
PHRASE
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Directions: Underline the entire subject and box the entire verb phrase. Circle any coordinating
conjunctions/punctuation which links 2 Independent Clauses. Put a line through any Fragments
or Run-Ons.
1.) Old King Baratheon died from a boar wound.
2.) The must-have Zombie Survival Guide would have saved Rick from peril, but he never read it.
3.) Choosing to hide the truth about Wilfred forces Ryan into awkward situations.
4.) Anders, Blake and Adam have miserable jobs; however, their rented house is quite impressive.
5.) Did Eddard Stark just get beheaded?
6.) Jax must lead SAMCRO, but without Clay’s interference, it should be a lot easier; nonetheless,
there will be unavoidable conflict with other MCs.
7.) Daryll quickly learned the importance of silence and caution in a zombie-infested world; Merl,
on the other hand, did not heed such caution.
8.) I must ask you: did you expect to wait this long for a Breaking Bad sentence?
9.) Breaking Bad has inspired me to travel to New Mexico and save Walt White.
10.) Any show with dragons like Game of Thrones instantly becomes must watch t.v.
11.) Jemma’s steak-knife attack on Tera.
12.) Will Ryan break free from Wilfred’s control, or will someone else “see” Wilfred like Ryan?
13.) Walt, much like a diamond, has grown as the result of pressure and time.
14.) Discovering Jillian’s weird idiosyncrasies makes Blake and Anders less weird; Adam is still
bizarre.
15.) Juice has had his share of problems, but he may have gone too far this time, for hiding Jemma’s
violence will only beget more violence.