October 06, 2010

Compound Sentences

Example:
  •  Ana likes to go out with her friends, take pictures with them, and talk to them, but she is only allowed to go out if she does her homework.

The previous would be a compound sentence using compound verbs. See the sentence on their own:
  • Ana likes to go out with her friends, take pictures with them, and talk to them
Notice that I am listing several actions, being the verbs on that sentence, and they are together, I listed together or else the sentence would be like this:
    • Ana likes to go out with her friends
    • Ana likes to take pictures with her friends
    • Ana likes to talk to her friends.
Remember about the common denominator, in this case being what Ana likes to do, and who she is doing it with, her friends.
The same goes to the next sentence.
  • She is only allowed to go out if she does her homework, and cleans her room.
    • She is only allowed to go out if she does her homework
    • She is only allowed to go out if sh cleans her room.
Same common denominator, she, and the things that she has to do before she goes out.

REMEMBER THIS:
ALWAYS use commas (,) to separate verbs, and the the two sentences.
Also the requirement:
BOTH SENTENCES HAVE TO MAKE SENSE ON IT'S OWN. Because in the end, they are two sentences joined together, so they were one simple sentence in the beginning.

0 comments:

Post a Comment