1 . UNDERLINE SIMPLE SUBJECT – MORE THAN ONE? COMPOUND!

2 . UNDERLINE SIMPLE PREDICATE –MORE THAN ONE? SHARE THE SAME

SUBJECT? COMPOUND!

Tips for Identifying Compound Subjects and Compound Predicates

1 . TWO OR MORE NOUNS OR PRONOUNS + AND/BUT/OR = COMPOUND SUBJ.

2 . TWO OR MORE VERBS OR VERB PHRASES + AND/BUT/OR = COMPOUND

PREDICATE

*REMEMBER:- COMPOUND PREDICATES MUST SHARE

THE SAME SUBJECT BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE TO BE IN THE SAME TENSE

Tips for Writing Compound Subjects and Compound Predicates

1. JOIN TWO SEPARATE THOUGHTS (CLAUSES) USING A COORDINATING

CONJUNCTION

2. ENSURE THAT BOTH CLAUSES ARE INDEPENDENT

3. ENSURE THAT BOTH CLAUSES HAVE A SUBJECT

4. IF YOU USE A SEMI-COLON, DO NOT USE A CONJUNCTION AND DO NOT CAPITALIZE

THE NEXT WORD

Tips for Writing/Identifying Compound Sentences

1. FOR = GIVES A REASON

2. AND = NON-CONTRASTING

3. NOR = NEGATIVE NON-CONTRASTING

4. BUT = CONTRAST

5. OR = CHOICE, ALTERNATIVE

6. YET =CONTRAST, EXCEPTION

7. SO = RESULT

Not all Coordinating Conjunctions were created

equally…

CS, CP TASK

Write the following sentences: CS with characters from The Crucible SS John Proctor with a CP Interrogative with both CS and CP 3 SS (CS) with characters from ADNPWD SS Abe Lincoln with a CP with one SP being a verb

phrase CS Mario and Luigi with a CP with one SP being a

verb phrase interrupted by an adverbKEY

CS = Compound subjectCP = Compound predicateSS = Simple subjectSP = Simple predicate