Simple Sentences English III practice Simple Sentences SIMPLE SENTENCES have only one IC (Independent Clause) and express only one main idea. I love kumquats. Maria loves limes. Maria served punch. Simple Sentences SIMPLE SENTENCES can contain a compound elements but will still be just one IC (Independent Clause). (SS V) Marshall and Allie play basketball. (S VV) The players dribbled and shot the basketball. (S V) The team won the game and the tournament. (S V) They felt happy and elated. (S V) The team ate at Dairy Queen and McDonalds. Fragments FRAGMENTS have only a DC (Dependent Clause) or a P (Phrase) and dont express a complete thought. Played football. A small dog. Playing at the park. Practice DIRECTIONS: Identify each group of words as either a SENTENCE or a FRAGMENT. He is happy the year is beginning. My friend jumps for joy. Showed the animal. Touch the base. I played hockey yesterday. The first day of the week. I love to swim. Practice ANSWERS: S: He is happy the year is beginning. S: My friend jumps for joy. F: Showed the animal. F: Touch the base. S: I played hockey yesterday. F: The first day of the week. S: I love to swim. Practice DIRECTIONS: Identify each group of words as either a SENTENCE or a FRAGMENT. I want to go to the park. Swimming in the pool. She hit the baseball. My family wants a dog. Threw me the ball. I jumped on the couch. My friend John. Practice ANSWERS: S: I want to go to the park. F: Swimming in the pool. S: She hit the baseball. S: My family wants a dog. F: Threw me the ball. S: I jumped on the couch. F: My friend John. Practice DIRECTIONS: Fix these FRAGMENTS so they are SIMPLE SENTENCES. F: Showed the animal. F: Touch the base. F: The first day of the week. F: Swimming in the pool. F: Threw me the ball. F: My friend John. ASSIGNMENT Complete side 1 of your worksheet. Simple Sentences Simple Sentence FORMULAS: S V (Single subject, Single predicate) SS V (Compound subject, Single predicate) S VV (Single subject, Compound predicate) SS VV (Compound subject, Compound predicate) Practice DIRECTIONS: Identify the formula for each of these simple sentences. I should have a pet white rabbit at home. The shiny beetles could have flown five miles and landed on some trees. Down dived the blue plane toward the earth. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and can be misjudged easily. Practice ANSWERS: I should have a pet white rabbit at home. (S VV) The shiny beetles could have flown five miles and landed on some trees. (V S) Down dived the blue plane toward the earth. (S VV) Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and can be misjudged easily. Practice DIRECTIONS: Identify the formula for each of these simple sentences. France and England had many disputes and fought for decades. The spaceman and his friends sipped their lunch through tubes. My older brother sleeps with a pillow on his head. The green snake and the brown toad were not close friends. Practice ANSWERS: (SS VV) France and England had many disputes and fought for decades. (SS V) The spaceman and his friends sipped their lunch through tubes. (S V) My older brother sleeps with a pillow on his head. (SS V) The green snake and the brown toad were not close friends. Practice DIRECTIONS: Write your own sentence for each of the following formulas. S V (Single subject, Single predicate) SS V (Compound subject, Single predicate) S VV (Single subject, Compound predicate) SS VV (Compound subject, Compound predicate) ASSIGNMENT Complete side 2 of your worksheet.