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.