Compound Sentences

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Let us read a few sentences about Ayako.
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Let us read a few sentences about Ayako.

She wakes up at 6:00 and she takes a shower.

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She likes tea, but she never drinks coffee.
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Eating breakfast is very important to her,
so she never goes to work hungry.
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She can walk to her work, or she can drive.

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Her company is nearby, so she usually

walks to work.
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She does not travel by bus.

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She does not travel by bus, nor does she

take the subway.
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• Language Focus:

• A compound sentence is made of two simple

sentences.
– She likes tea. She never drinks coffee.
• There is a coordinating conjunction between
the two simple sentences.
– but, and, so, or, nor
 Compound Sentences
• She likes tea, but she never drinks coffee.
 Compound Sentences
• She likes tea, but she never drinks coffee.
• She wakes up at 6:00, and she takes a shower.
 Compound Sentences
• She likes tea, but she never drinks coffee.
• She wakes up at 6:00, and she takes a shower.
• She can walk, or she can drive to work.
 Compound Sentences
• She likes tea, but she never drinks coffee.
• She wakes up at 6:00, and she takes a shower.
• She can walk, or she can drive to work.
• Her company is nearby, so she walks to work.
 Compound Sentences
• She likes tea, but she never drinks coffee.
• She wakes up at 6:00, and she takes a shower.
• She can walk, or she can drive to work.
• Her company is nearby, so she walks to work.
• She doesn’t travel by bus, nor does she take
the subway.
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• “And” shows similarity or addition.
• “But” shows contrast.
• “So” shows the result.
• “Or” is used when there are two choices.
• “Nor” is used when there are no choices.
 Exercise
• Use “and”, “but”, “so”, “or” and “nor” to complete
the sentences.
 Exercise
• Use “and”, “but”, “so”, “or” and “nor” to complete
the sentences.

• He likes tea very much, _____ he drinks four cups every day.
 Exercise
• Use “and”, “but”, “so”, “or” and “nor” to complete
the sentences.

• He likes tea very much, _____ he drinks four cups every day.
• He likes tea very much, so he drinks four cups every day.
 Exercise
• Use “and”, “but”, “so”, “or” and “nor” to complete
the sentences.

• He likes tea very much, _____ he drinks four cups every day.
• He likes tea very much, so he drinks four cups every day.

• He doesn’t have a car, _____ he has a bike.

 Exercise
• Use “and”, “but”, “so”, “or” and “nor” to complete
the sentences.

• He likes tea very much, _____ he drinks four cups every day.
• He likes tea very much, so he drinks four cups every day.

• He doesn’t have a car, _____ he has a bike.

• He doesn’t have a car, but he has a bike.
 Exercise
• We never swim in the river, ____ do we swim
in the lake.
 Exercise
• We never swim in the river, ____ do we swim
in the lake.

• We never swim in the river, nor do we swim in

the lake.
 Exercise
• We never swim in the river, ____ do we swim
in the lake.

• We never swim in the river, nor do we swim in

the lake.
 Exercise
• You can drive, ______ you can take a taxi.
 Exercise
• You can drive, ______ you can take a taxi.

• You can drive, or you can take a taxi.

 Note
• Sentence that follow “NOR” are inverted; they
look like questions.

• I cannot drive, nor can I ride a bike.

• She cannot dance, nor can she sing.