SIMPLECOMPOUNDCOMPLEXCOMPOUND-COMPLEXSENTENCES

PHRASEA pair or group of words that consists of a subject or a predicate (verb). A phrase is NOT a complete sentence!

has been in the United States for 70 years

Prepositional Phrase

Verb Phrase

Prepositional Phrase

CLAUSEA pair or group of words that consists of a subject and a predicate. A clause includes phrases and can create a complete sentence.

Captain America has been a famous superhero in the United States for 70 years.

Verb PhraseSubject

Prepositional Phrases

INDEPENDENT ClauseSTRONG Clause orMAIN Clause-A complete sentence-CAN stand alone

Before he became Captain America, Steve Rogers was a scrawny student who could not pass the physical requirements to enlist in the Army.

DEPENDENT ClauseWEAK Clause orSUBORDINATE Clause-NOT a complete sentence-CANNOT stand alone

Before he became Captain America, Steve Rogers was a scrawny student who could not pass the physical requirements to enlist in the Army.

-Requires Subordinate Conjunction

SIMPLE Sentence- One INDEPENDENT CLAUSE

- Can have COMPOUND SUBJECT or COMPOUND PREDICATE

During WWII, Steve Rogers volunteered for Operation: Rebirth.

The Army and Professor Abraham Erskine intended to enhance the US soldiers to the height of physical perfection.

Rogers was injected with the “Super Soldier Serum” and exposed to a burst of “Vita-Rays.”

S

S S

S

V

V

Verb Phrase

V

COMPOUNDSentence

- TWO INDEPENDENT CLAUSES- Linked by a COMMA and a FAN BOYS conjunction

The process successfully altered his musculature from its frail state, and his reflexesreached the pinnacle of human possibility.

S 1

S 2

V 1

V 2 , AND

Operation: Rebirth was a great success, but Professor Erskine was assassinated by a Nazi operative.

, BUT

S 1

S 2

V 1

V 2

COMPLEX Sentence- An INDEPENDENT CLAUSE and a DEPENDENT CLAUSE

- Dependent clause begins with an ABE HIPSTUW (subordinate) conjunction

Because of his new found abilities, Rogersbecame a symbolic US hero to counter the Nazi propaganda machine.

Codenamed “Captain America,” Rogers was givena bulletproof shield and wore a costume which he modeled after the American flag.

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- TWO INDEPENDENT CLAUSES and a DEPENDENT CLAUSE

- Will have a FAN BOYS and an ABE HIPSTUW conjunction

, AND

COMPOUND -COMPLEX Sentence

After making a daring air escape from his

Nazi captors, Captain America’s plane was

shot down, and his body was frozen in ice.,

S 1

S 2

V1

V 2

ForAndNor

ButOrYetSo;

After, although, as

Before, because

Even though

How

If, in order that

Provided that

So, since

That, than, though

Unless, until

When, whenever, where, wherever, while, why, which, what, whatever, who, whose, whom, whoever, whomever