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e. Simple and Compound Sentences
a simple sentence has a subject and a predicate. it expresses a complete thought.
it was autumn.
Kotei declared war to the rebel.
a compound sentence is formed by two or more simple sentences joined by the coordinating conjunctions and, or, or but.
This rebel wanted to make himself King, and many were the battles that he fought to this end.
If the sentences are separated they can stand alone. Both express a complete thought.
This rebel wanted to make himself a King.
many were the battles that he fought to this end.
Language. Read the following sentences, write if the sentences are simple or compound sentences.
1. The compass is quite a common thing, and no one thinks that it is remarkable now.
2. There was a still more wonderful invention called the shinansha.
3. Shiyu was a wicked magician, and there was no man that could conquer him.
4. The emperor boldly attacked the enemy, but the magician brought down a dense fog upon the battlefield.
5. The rebel with his magic could always escape in the end.
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