Beaver Dam Middle School
Seventh-Grade Language Arts
House Red
Simple Sentences
The two parts a Simple sentence must
have.
Subject
predicate
 _____________and_______________.

List the two parts a Compound sentence
must have.
Independent clause
Independent clause
 _____________and_______________.

An INDEPENDENT clause is strong and can stand on its
own.
Is this a sentence?

The barn cat.

Jumping through the hoops.

Wait!

The basketball hoop and the
lawnmower.
Is this a sentence?

Do you know what is inside a corndog?

REMEMBER: make a question into a
statement.

You do know what is inside a corndog.

Max ate.
Is this a sentence?

A bunny under the deck in the front yard.

The horse jumped and galloped away.

Over Spring Break, lots of fun.
Compound Sentences
Just like an Oreo Cookie, a compound
Sentence has two of the same types of
shells/cookies with something in the middle
that keeps them together.
 The INDEPENDENT Clauses are the
outer cookies, and the
FANBOYS are in
the yummy middle
keeping the clauses
together.

Compound Sentences
What kind of conjunctions are in
Compound sentences?
Conjunctions
Coordinating
_____________________.

Compound Sentences
My husband was working, so I went
shopping.
 I like chocolate ice cream, but my friend
likes strawberry.
 I am on a diet, yet I really want some
Flaming Hot Cheetos.
 He did not take the money, for it was not
the right thing to do.

Complex Sentences
List the two parts a COMPLEX sentence
must have.
DEPENDENT CLAUSE
CLAUSE
 INDEPENDENT
_____________and
_______________

Independent Clause
REMEMBER!!!!! A DEPENDENT CLAUSE CANNOT
stand on its own. It needs a INDEPENDENT
CLAUSE.
Just like a child is dependent on his/her independent
parent
Complex Sentences

What kind of conjunctions are in a
Complex Sentence?

SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

Review your list of Subordinating
conjunctions.
Can you do it?

Make this into a compound sentence:
 Lunch is delicious

Now make it into a complex sentence.

Can you make it into a
Compound/Complex sentence?
COMPLEX SENTENCES

What kind of conjunctions are in
COMPLEX sentences?
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTOINS
 __________________________

Because the bridge wasn't properly
Dependent Clause
maintained by the government, it fell
Dependent Clause
Independent
down.
clause

Although he ate a really big dinner,
Dependent Clause
now he wants to eat cake for dessert.
Independent Clause

Whenever they eat at this restaurant,
Dependent Clause
they order a hamburger and fries.
Independent Clause

He'll be able
to maintain a healthy
Independent Clause
weight if he keeps exercising.
Independent Clause
Dependent Clause

Because the world is getting warmer,
Dependent Clause
polar bears
are in danger of
Independent Clause
becoming extinct.
Independent Clause
Compound/Complex Sentences
What kind of Sentences are
These?
When I go to Florida, I can’t wait to eat
grouper sandwiches.
 Emma is the girl who is going to Hawaii
over Spring Break.
 The town where I moved from is
Hayward, Wisconsin.
 I plan on cleaning my house over Spring
Break, and I want to have some friends
over.
 Many students like to use my laser
pointer and hide it from me.

Make Compound Sentences out
of this Sentence.

I want ice-cream.

Make that sentence above a
COMPOUND sentence in two different
ways. First, add something to the
beginning. Second, add something to
the end.
Make Compound Sentences out
of this Sentence.

It’s hot outside, so I want ice-cream.

I want
ice-cream, and Blue Boy is not
Independent Clause
Independent Clause
very far away from here.
Independent Clause
Independent Clause
Continuing the Independent Clause
Make a COMPLEX sentence out
of this sentence.

I want ice-cream.
Make the sentence above in to a
COMPLEX sentence in two different
ways.
 First, add something to the beginning.
Second, add something to the end.

Write a COMPLEX sentence.

I want ice-cream.

Even though I’m on a strict diet, I want
Dependent Clause
ice-cream.
Independent Clause

I want
ice-cream because
the spring
Independent Clause
Dependent Clause
weather reminds me of summertime icecream adventures.