Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Simple Sentences with Compound Subject or Compound Predicates


Here are the notes from today's discussion:

The lion [slept] tonight.
       >>> Simple Sentence, 1 sub, 1 pred, 1 clause

The lion [slept] and [snored].
       >>> Simple Sentence, 1 Sub, Compound Pred, 1 clause

The lion and the owl [slept].
       >>> Simple Sentence, Compound Sub, 1 Pred, 1 clause

The lion and the owl [slept] and [snored].
       >>> Simple Sentence, Compound Sub, Compound Pred, 1 clause

The lion [slept] tonight / and the owl [hooted].
       >>> Compound Sentence, 2 clauses (1 indep., 1 indep)

The lion [slept] tonight / while the owl [hooted].
       >>> Complex Sentence, 2 clauses (1 indep., 1 depend/ 1 sub)


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