Letarte, Lauren

Lauren Letarte English Mr. Shingler 8 September 2012 Grammar Exercise 1. Compound Sentence-a sentence with more than one subject. EX: I went to the baseball game, and my brother went to hang with his friends. IC + IC

2. Complex Sentence-a sentence that contains one or more subordinate clauses. EX: The girl was very cold because it was 30 degrees in the photography classroom. IC + DC

3. Compound-Complex Sentence-a sentence that has two or more coordinate independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. EX: The boy had very good grades and from the endless hours of homework and studying he passed the final with an A+. IC + DC + IC

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Lauren Letarte

English

Mr. Shingler

15 October 2012

Grammar Exercise

__One Compound and One Complex:__

1. I live in Arizona, and my best friend lives in New York.

IC + IC

2. He was exhausted because he was up all night.

IC + DC

__3 Differences:__

1. Commas connect two thoughts showing no evident connection and semicolons do not.

2. Semicolons make the reader slow down their pace as commas do not.

3. Semicolons are used more to put emphasis on details in series of items.

__2 Sentences:__

1. As he saw the building ahead, it made him pick up his pace.

Used because it connects two incomplete thoughts.

2. My favorite colors are blue, green, and orange.

Used because it separates three of more items.

__1 Sentence:__

I was given a ton of homework; therefore, I will be busy all weekend.

Used because the semicolon was placed before the conjunctive adverb.