Compound Sentences

Compound sentences are made up of two or more simple sentences combined using a conjunction such as and, or orbut. They are made up of more than one independent clause joined together with a co-ordinating conjunction.

For example:

"The sun was setting in the west and the moon was just rising."

Each clause can stand alone as a sentence.

For example:

"The sun was setting in the west. The moon was just rising."

Every clause is like a sentence with a subject and a verb. A coordinating conjunction goes in the middle of the sentence, it is the word that joins the two clauses together, the most common are (and, or, but)

For example:

• I walked to the shops, but my father drove.
• I might watch go shopping, or I might watch a movie.
• My friend enjoyed the film, but he didn't like the actor.