Compound Sentences
BY BROCK & WILL
Definition of compound sentence
A compound sentence contains two separate subject and verb pairs. You can combine two simple sentence together with a comma and a coordinating conjunction to make one compound sentence.
Example 1:
Kindergarten sentence:1 The dog barked 2 The bird flew away
Compound sentence: The dog barked , so the bird flew away.
Example 2
Ex.1 The monkey played.
Ex.2 Like a wild pig.
(coumpound sentence) The monkey played in the house, like a wild pig!
EXAMPLE 3
Ex.1 The ball is over the fence.
Ex.2 The other team is celabrating.
(compound sentence) The ball is over the fence, so the other team is celebrating!