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Grammar

Let’s learn.

Lee Ann has saved RM20.00 a week. (Simple sentence)
See how much you have spent and how much you have saved.
(Compound sentence)
The sentences above are simple and compound sentences.
A simple sentence has only one independent clause which contains a subject (S)
and a verb (V). It may have more than one subject and more than a verb.
Examples:
1. We bought tickets to the hockey game. (one subject, one verb)
2. Najmee and Asin play futsal every weekend. (two subjects, one verb)
3. Asyura makes personalised cards and sells them to her friends.
(one subject, two verbs)
A compound sentence has two or more independent clauses joined by a
conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).
Examples: a. Faris wants to learn French.
b. Naqib wants to learn Spanish.
Faris wants to learn French but Naqib wants to learn Spanish.

Let’s practise.

Write compound sentences.

1. a. Asin walks to school every day.
b. Lee Ann walks to school every day.

2. a. The boys were hungry.
b. They went to the restaurant to have their lunch.

3. a. Kamini loves to go to the beach.
b. Kamini loves to build sandcastles.

4. a. Irdina waited for the train.
b. The train was late.

Complete the compound sentences correctly.

Example: His uncle went to town and bought a computer for his son.
1. I drank a lot of water I was thirsty.
2. Asin was sick he did not go to school.
3. My grandfather is old he still plays tennis.
4. She does not drink tea does she eat cakes.
5. Hockey players always play carefully they still get hurt sometimes.

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