Building Better Sentences
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Objective
I can combine short, simple sentences to create compound and complex sentences.
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Warm-up video
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Key concepts
3 concepts
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A simple sentence contains one independent clause, meaning it has a subject, a verb, and expresses a complete thought.
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Compound sentences combine two or more independent clauses, often using coordinating conjunctions such as those remembered by the acronym FANBOYS.
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Complex sentences include one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses, where a dependent clause is not a complete thought.
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Practice
12 questions
What are the three types of sentence structures discussed in the video?
Define an independent clause.
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Exit ticket
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“Combine these simple sentences into one complex sentence: I went to the store. I needed milk.”
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