Compound Sentences

 Compound Sentences have two simple sentences joined by a comma and a conjunction.

                            Remember: A simple sentence has one subject and one predicate.

Coordinating Conjunctions

and

or

but

nor

so

for

yet

               

Example:

                Simple sentence #1: My dog loves to play ball.

                Simple sentence #2: My cat loves to play with yarn.

                Compound sentence:  

                My dog loves to play ball, but my cat loves to play with yarn.