How do you combine two simple sentences to make a

compound sentence?

You can do this by combining two or more shorter sentences into

one longer, more interesting sentence.

A conjunction is a word that you can use to combine the sentences.

Examples: and, but, or, so

Suppose you wrote these sentences in your story…

Melanie forgot her lunch.

She called her mother.

How can you combine these

sentences using a conjunction?

and but or so

Melanie forgot her lunch, so she called her mother.

Melanie forgot her lunch and she called her mother

Which compound sentence is better?

Suppose you wrote these sentences in your story…

Pam bought three pencils. She lost two of them.

How can you combine these

sentences using a conjunction?

and but or so

Pam bought three pencils, but she lost two of them.

Pam bought three pencils and she lost two of them.

Which compound sentence is better?

Maybe you wrote…

Bobby has a football.

He threw it across the yard.

How can you combine these

sentences using a conjunction?

and but or so

Bobby has a football, and he threw it across the yard.

Bobby has a football, but he threw it across the yard.

Which compound sentence is better?

More practice.

Missy went to the zoo.

She saw monkeys.

Which one is a compound sentence?

1.Missy saw monkeys at the zoo.

2. Missy went to the zoo, and she saw monkeys.

More practice.

Maria wanted a new bike. She got a job to earn the money.

Which one is correct?

1. Maria wanted a new bicycle, so she got a job to earn money.

2. Maria got a job washing bicycles to earn money.

QUESTION: When you combined the two sentences together, what kind of sentence did you create?

COMPOUND

Two or more sentences joined together

by a conjunction.

I fell off the ladder, but I am alright.

Time to practice on your own!