Sentence Coordination

SKBE 1003
SENTENCE COORDINATION
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Recap: Identify the prepositional phrases
& the objects of the preposition:
1.The paper with the blue

border is floating through
the air.
2. Jordan’s eyes sparkle like a
sunny day.
3. With great ease, Michael
jumped up on the table.
1.The paper with the blue border
is floating through the air.
2. Jordan’s eyes sparkle like a
sunny day.
3. With great ease, Michael
jumped up on the table.
adverb or preposition?
1.The tadpoles are below the

surface of the pond.
2. I jumped up and Amy jumped
down.
3. Is Taylor near?
4. Erin looked across the bus to
the purple-haired boy.
adverb or preposition?
1.The tadpoles are below the

surface of the pond.
2. I jumped up and Amy jumped
down.
3. Is Taylor near?
4. Erin looked across the bus to
the purple-haired boy.
TRY THIS:
1. A cat was sitting _______the roof of my car. (place)
2. Some people were talking ___the movie. (time)
3. A man was coming____ us on his bike. (direction)
4. The party starts_____ six o’clock. (time)
5. She puts the book ____her bag. (place)
6. We walked____ the street to the park. (place)
7. She keeps her slippers____ her bed. (place)
8. We always wash our hands ____meals. (time)
9. She ran ____the dog because she was frightened.
(direction)
1. A cat was sitting on the roof of my car. (place)
2. Some people were talking during the movie. (time)
3. A man was coming towards us on his bike.
(direction)
4. The party starts at six o’clock. (time)
5. She puts the book in her bag. (place)
6. We walked on the street to the park. (place)
7. She keeps her slippers under her bed. (place)
8. We always wash our hands at meals. (time)
9. She ran away from the dog because she was
frightened. (direction)
SENTENCE COORDINATION
Sentence Structure
Sentence Types
Sentence Types
• Simple
• Compound
• Complex
• Compound-Complex
Basic Elements of Every Sentence
SUBJECT PREDICATE
Basic Elements
SUBJECT PREDICATE
Mary plays tennis.
Simple Sentence
• A simple sentence has one subject
and one predicate.
Simple Sentence
Pronoun Verb Prepositional phrase
We went to San Juan .
Simple subject Complete predicate
SIMPLE SENTENCE
SUBJECT PREDICATE
Mary plays tennis.
one subject one predicate
Simple Sentence
Tom and Mary play tennis.
Compound Subject
&
Simple Sentence
play tennis and swim.

Tom and Mary
Compound Subject Compound Predicate
& &
SIMPLE SENTENCE
with compound subject
Tom and Mary play tennis.
SIMPLE SENTENCE
with compound subject
and
compound predicate
Tom and Mary play tennis and

swim.
Compound Sentence
• A compound sentence has more than

one part that can stand alone
(independent clauses).
• Independent clauses are connected by

coordinating conjunctions, conjunctive
adverbs or a semi-colon.
Compound Sentence
Subject Verb Prepositional phrase
We went to San Juan,
Coordinating Predicate
Conjunction
and most of us danced all night .
Subject Verb Modifying phrase

Compound Sentence
Use of Coordinating Conjunctions
SUBJECT PREDICATE
and
SUBJECT PREDICATE
Compound Sentence
Tom swims,
and
Mary plays tennis.
COMPOUND SENTENCE:
COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
FOR
AND
NOR
BUT
OR
YET
SO
COMPOUND SENTENCE:
Tom swims, and Mary plays tennis.
Clause 1 Clause 2
Independent Independent
COMPOUND SENTENCE:
Tom swims, and Mary plays tennis.
Comma before “and”

in compound
sentences!
COMPOUND SENTENCE:
CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS
MOREOVER
HOWEVER
OTHERWISE
THEREFORE
COMPOUND SENTENCE:
CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS
Bob is handsome; moreover, he is rich.
Clause 1 Clause 2
Independent Independent
COMPOUND SENTENCE:
CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS
Note: Semicolon
before conjunctive
adverb and comma
after conjunctive adverb!
Conjunctive Adverbs “float”
• Conjunctive adverbs are sometimes

called “floating” adverbs because they
can be positioned at the beginning, in
the middle, or at the end of a clause.
CONJUNCTIVE ADVERB:
AT THE BEGINNING, IN THE MIDDLE,AT THE
END

Bob is handsome; he is, moreover, rich.
Bob is handsome; he is rich, moreover.
Semicolons
• “If the relation between the ideas

expressed in the main clauses is very
close and obvious without a
conjunction, you can separate the
clauses with a semicolon” (Little, Brown
Handbook, 9th Edition, p. 361).
COMPOUND SENTENCE:
SEMICOLON
Tom has benefited from his exercise

program; he is slim and energetic.
Complex Sentence
• A complex sentence has at least two

parts: one that can stand alone and
another one that cannot
• The part that cannot stand alone is

linked to the rest of the sentence by
a subordinating conjunction
Complex Sentence
Since we wanted to have fun,
Subordinating
Conjunction
Part that cannot stand alone
Subject Predicate
we went to San Juan yesterday.
Complex Sentence
SUBJECT PREDICATE
even though
SUBJECT PREDICATE
Complex Sentence
Bob is popular
even though
he is ugly.
COMPLEX SENTENCE:
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
The most common subordinating

conjunctions are "after," "although,"
"as," "because," "before," "how,"
"if," "once," "since," "than,"
"that," though," "till," "until,"
"when," "where," "whether,” and
while."
COMPLEX SENTENCE:
Bob is popular even though he is ugly.
Clause 1 Clause 2
Independent
Dependent
COMPLEX SENTENCE:
Even though Bob is ugly, he is popular.
Clause 1 Clause 2
Dependent Independent
Compound-Complex Sentence
• This type of sentence has more than
one part that can stand alone, and at
least one that cannot.
• Conjunctions link the different parts

of this sentence.
Compound-Complex
Sentence
my boyfriend and I went to San Juan yesterday,
and we danced all night.
Subordinating
Conjunction

Part that cannot stand alone
my boyfriend and I went to San Juan,
Coordinating Subject Predicate

Conjunction
and we danced all night.

Mike is popular
because
he is good looking,
but
he is not very happy.

Exercises
Say if the following sentences are:

Simple, compound, complex or
compound-complex.
1. The bell rang.
2. Bridget ran the first part of the race, and
Tara biked the second part.
3. He stands at the bottom of the cliff while
the climber moves up the rock.
4. The skier turned and jumped.
5. Naoki passed the test because he
studied hard and understood the material.
Answers
1. Simple
2. Compound
3. Complex
4. Simple
5. Compound-complex
References
Writing Academic English, Second Edition, by

Alice Oshima and Ann Hogue. White Plains:
Addison, Wesley, Longman, 1999.
The Little, Brown Handbook, by H. Ramsey
Fowler and Jane E. Aaron, Pearson, 2004.

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SKBE 1003

1.The paper with the blue

1.The tadpoles are below the

1.The tadpoles are below the

Mary plays tennis.

• A simple sentence has one subject

and one predicate.

Pronoun Verb Prepositional phrase

We went to San Juan .

Simple subject Complete predicate

Mary plays tennis.

one subject one predicate

Tom and Mary play tennis.

play tennis and swim.

Compound Subject Compound Predicate

Tom and Mary play tennis.

Tom and Mary play tennis and

• A compound sentence has more than

• Independent clauses are connected by

Subject Verb Prepositional phrase

We went to San Juan,

and most of us danced all night .

Subject Verb Modifying phrase

Use of Coordinating Conjunctions

Mary plays tennis.

Tom swims, and Mary plays tennis.

Tom swims, and Mary plays tennis.

Comma before “and”

Bob is handsome; moreover, he is rich.

Bob is handsome; moreover, he is rich.

• Conjunctive adverbs are sometimes

Bob is handsome; moreover, he is rich.

• “If the relation between the ideas

Tom has benefited from his exercise

• A complex sentence has at least two

• The part that cannot stand alone is

Since we wanted to have fun,

we went to San Juan yesterday.

The most common subordinating

Bob is popular even though he is ugly.

Even though Bob is ugly, he is popular.

• Conjunctions link the different parts

my boyfriend and I went to San Juan yesterday,

and we danced all night.

Since we wanted to have fun,

my boyfriend and I went to San Juan,

Coordinating Subject Predicate

and we danced all night.

he is not very happy.

Say if the following sentences are:

Writing Academic English, Second Edition, by

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