10 Things You
Don’t Know
About Me

#1 Simple sentence
(Subject, verb, and one complete thought.)
I love Minnesota!
(OK, so maybe you know that.)

#2 Compound sentence
(2 sentences combined with a comma and a conjunction.)
Bob and I lived in Florida for one year, and we often went deep sea fishing.

FANBOYS
In a compound sentence, conjunctions are:
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So

#3 Complex sentence
(A simple sentence combined with a clause that begins with after, although, because, before, when, while)
When our family was in Italy, my husband was almost robbed by two gypsies.

#4 Sentence with a linking verb.
(is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been)
My dream is to be part of a flash mob.
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#5 Simple sentence with prepositional phrases .
I love to ski on the green runs at the top of
Beaver Creek Mountain.

#6 Sentence with an appositive phrase.
I went to the same school, St.
Bernard’s, for twelve years.
OR
Mrs. DuPont, a sixth grade teacher, loves to teach reading and writing.

#7 Items in a series
I have broken four bones in my life: my right arm, lower leg, left thumb, and right wrist.

#8 My Choice:
Simple Sentence

#9 My choice:
Compound sentence
I love all kinds of food, but my favorite is spaghetti with Italian sausage.

#10 My choice:
Complex sentence
Once while I was laughing really hard, peas dropped out of my nose.