Compound Sentences with But

Level 03Ahsan Qazi

University of Ha’il

What is a compound sentence? A compound sentence is a sentence that has two complete

ideas. Two complete ideas are known as clauses that are usually

connected by the words like AND, BUT or SO. For example: I tried to speak Arabic. My friend tried to speak

Spanish.Connect the sentence with AND: I tried to speak Arabic, and my friend tried to speak Spanish.

For example: John knows how to play football. Abdullah knows how to play tennis. Connect the sentence with BUT: John knows how to play football, but Abdullah knows how to play tennis.

For example: Ferrari is a sports cars. It is very fast car.Connect the sentence using SO: Ferrari is a sports car, so it is a very fast car.

Compound Sentence

One of the common words used to connect two sentences (two ideas) is the word But.

But shows a contrast, meaning it shows a difference between two ideas.

For example: I have a red car. My friend Ali has a blue car.

You can use but to connect both sentences and show a difference in two ideas. You can say:

I have a red car, but Ali has a blue car Whenever you have two different ideas, and you

are connecting those ideas with a comma. For example: Hani has a broken car. Akram has a

new car. Hani has a broken car, but Akram has a

new car.

Compound Sentences with But

More examples: Ali has a Play Station 3. Tim has an X-box.

Ali has a Play Station 3, but Tim has an X-box I bought an iPhone. He bought an i-Pad.

I bought an i-Phone, but he bought an i-Pad. I visited few countries. John visited many counties. I visited few countries, but John visited many

counties.

SUB VERB SUB VERB I love Ice cream. I only like few flavors.

I love Ice cream, but I only like few flavors. You must always remember to put comma

before But

Compound Sentences using But

Open the textbook to page 108.

Textbook Examples

Sometimes but is not a connector. It does not connect two sentences.

But is used sometimes in a sentence because it has different meaning.

But means except. For example: I have a Play Station 3 but

controllers.

MEANS Except = not including

Keep this in Mind

• Example 1: I have all chocolates in the box but Kit Kat.

• You are saying that you carry all chocolate brands except Kit Kat.

• Example 2: I have cats but dog. This means you have cats as your pets except dogs.

• Example 3: My friend eats camel meat but chicken.