Compound And

Complex Sentence

Compound Sentence
Acompound sentencerefers to a sentence
made up of two independent clauses (or complete
sentences) connected to one another with
acoordinating conjunction.
"FAN BOYS":
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So

Practice
Vampires Dairies is my favorite television show, but I also love
True Blood.
The student wiped the white board that was filthy with last
weeks notes.
The trendy fashion designer released her new line on
Wednesday.
Trina and Hareem went to a bar in Hollywood to celebrate their
anniversary.
Wicked Regina cast a spell on the entire city, so the citizens
decided to rebel.
While waiting for the paint to dry, Angela went to Home Depot,
and Martin organized the kitchen appliances.
After listening to the Kanye West CD, I have new respect for his
music.
After the teacher chose groups, John and Sara were selected as
partners for a project, yet Sarah did most of the work.

Examples ofcompound
sentencesinclude the following:
Nunu waited for the train,butthe train was late.

I looked for Boby and Fiko at the bus

station,butthey arrived at the station before
noon and left on the bus before I arrived.

Boby and Fiko arrived at the bus station before

noon,andthey left on the bus before I arrived.

Boby and Fiko left on the bus before I arrived,soI

did not see them at the bus station.

Complex Sentences
Acomplex sentenceis made up of an
independent clause and one or moredependent
clausesconnected to it. A dependent clause is
similar to an independent clause, or complete
sentence, but it lacks one of the elements that
would make it a complete sentence.

Examples ofdependent
clausesinclude the following:
because Mary and Samantha arrived at the bus
station before noon
while he waited at the train station
after they left on the bus
Dependent clauses such as those
abovecannotstand alone as a sentence, but
they can be added to an independent clause to
form a complex sentence.

Dependent clauses begin

withsubordinating conjunctions. Below
are some of the most common
subordinating conjunctions:

After : Setelah
Although : Walaupun, Meskipun
As : Sambil, Seraya
Because : Karena
Before
: Sebelum
even though : Walaupun
If : JIka
Since : Sejak
Though : Meskipun
Unless
: Kecuali
Until : Sampai
When : Kapan
Whenever : Kapanpun
Whereas : Sedangkan
Wherever: dimanapun
While : Sementara

A complex sentence joins an independent

clause with one or more dependent clauses.
The dependent clauses can go first in the sentence,
followed by the independent clause, as in the following:
Because Mary and Samantha arrived at the bus station
before noon, I did not see them at the station.
While he waited at the train station, Joe realized that
the train was late.
After they left on the bus, Mary and Samantha realized
that Joe was waiting at the train station.
Tip: When the dependent clause comes first, a comma
should be used to separate the two clauses.

Conversely, the independent clauses can go

first in the sentence, followed by the
dependent clause, as in the following:
I did not see them at the station because Mary and
Samantha arrived at the bus station before noon.
Joe realized that the train was late while he waited at
the train station.
Mary and Samantha realized that Joe was waiting at
the train station after they left on the bus.
Tip: When the independent clause comes first, a
comma shouldnotbe used to separate the two
clauses.