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ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES

will practice four of them: and, but, or, and so.
3. Don't confuse a compound sentence with a simple sentence that has a

compound verb. The first sentence in each of the following pairs of
sentences is simple and doesn't need a comma. The second one is
compound and requires a comma.

“Formulas”
Simple sentence wit My family goes camping every S V V
Compound verb summer and usually has fun.
Compound sentence My family goes camping every S V, and S V
Summer, and usually have fun.
Simple sentence with Last year we went camping, but S V V
Compound verb had a terrible time.
Compound sentence Last year we went camping, but everyone S V, but S V
had a terrible time.
Simple sentence with Next year we will go to the beach or S V V
Compound verb perhaps stay at home.
Compound sentence Next year we will go to the beach or S V, or S V
perhaps we will stay at home.

PRACTICE 8 A. Identify simple and compound sentences.
Simple versus
Compound Step 1 Analyze each sentence in the following paragraphs. Underline the
Sentences
subjects with one line and the verbs with two lines.

Step 2 Circle coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or, so) that separate two
simple sentences.

Step 3 Write simple or compound in the space to the left of each sentence, and
write the formula for each: SV, and SV, SVV, or SSV, and so on.

Step 4 Add a comma to compound sentences.

Simple SV 1. The summers were hot and humid in my
childhood hometown.

Compound SV, so SSV 2. Every evening it was too hot to sleep, so
my sisters and I played outside until dark.
________ ________ 3. Our parents sat in chairs on the grass and
watched us play our children's games.
________ ________ 4. We played games such as hide-and-seek
and tag or we just sat on the grass and

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