Transcript Coordinated and Subordinated Sentences

Coordinated and Subordinated
Sentences
Writing composed entirely of
isolated independent
clauses sounds childish and
“choppy.”
Instead, combine small clauses
together, to form more
flowing, complex sentences,
Coordinated and
Subordinated sentences.
Coordinated Sentence
• This is two small sentences (independent clauses) joined together with a
coordinating conjunction.
• You can easily remember what coordinating conjunctions are with the
word
• FANBOYS
• for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
• Ind , FANBOYS ind.
• I have a dog, and his name is Caesar.
• I love Lucy, and she loves me.
Subordinated Sentence
• This is a combination of a dependent (or subordinate)
clause and an independent clause.
• You can easily recognize a dependent (or subordinate)
clause because it always starts with a subordinating
conjunction.
• SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
• Although, as soon as, because, even though, unless, until,
while, if, since, when, whenever.
• Dep, indep. OR Indep dep. (Note that when the
dependent clause comes first, it is followed by a comma)
• Since it is on sale, you should buy that shirt.
• Skunks do not spray unless they are scared.
• Note that you can almost always reverse the
order of the two parts of a subordinated
sentence. You might do this if you prefer one
version over the other. However, note that you
will need to change the punctuation.
• Because Tuan likes to stay up late, he watches
a lot of movies.
• Tuan watches a lot of movies because he likes
to stay up late.