The sentences below combine simple sentences to make compound sentences. A compound sentence is made up of two (or more) simple sentences joined by a semicolon or by a comma and a coordinating word (words such as and, but, or, nor, for, so, and yet).
Exercise C: Compound Sentences
Type your response in the text box above. (Copy and paste to save time and effort!) Use these symbols [ ] _ _ ( ) to identify the parts of each sentence as follows:
1. Stonehenge is a massive stone monument, now in ruins in southern England, and its most striking feature is a circle of rectangular stone columns. 2. Scholars have speculated for years about Stonehenge, and scholars have attributed its construction to different groups of people. 3. The most widely accepted theory for hundreds of years credited the Celts with the construction; the Celts were living in England at the time of the Roman Conquest. 4. However, according to twentieth-century archeology, the Celts arrived in England after the construction of Stonehenge, so they could not have created this masterpiece.
1. Stonehenge is a massive stone monument, now in ruins in southern England, and its most striking feature is a circle of rectangular stone columns.
2. Scholars have speculated for years about Stonehenge, and scholars have attributed its construction to different groups of people.
3. The most widely accepted theory for hundreds of years credited the Celts with the construction; the Celts were living in England at the time of the Roman Conquest.
4. However, according to twentieth-century archeology, the Celts arrived in England after the construction of Stonehenge, so they could not have created this masterpiece.
Exercise D: Compound Sentences
Analyze the sentences below; follow the marking system described above.
1 Archeologists through the years have speculated about the purpose of Stonehenge, but nobody has determined the original use of this Stone Age ruin. 2 Because of its orientation toward the rising sun, some archeologists see it as an ancient astronomical observatory, and others see it as the centerpiece of an ancient religious cult. 3 It might have been a monument to an important religious or political person, or visitors from outer space might have left it. 4 Perhaps this massive stone structure was first built as a religious structure; it might have been later modified for an astronomical purpose. 5 According to recent research, sightings from certain stones can predict the movements of the sun, and the moon and can predict eclipses; however, we can only theorize about the original purpose of Stonehenge.
1 Archeologists through the years have speculated about the purpose of Stonehenge, but nobody has determined the original use of this Stone Age ruin.
2 Because of its orientation toward the rising sun, some archeologists see it as an ancient astronomical observatory, and others see it as the centerpiece of an ancient religious cult.
3 It might have been a monument to an important religious or political person, or visitors from outer space might have left it.
4 Perhaps this massive stone structure was first built as a religious structure; it might have been later modified for an astronomical purpose.
5 According to recent research, sightings from certain stones can predict the movements of the sun, and the moon and can predict eclipses; however, we can only theorize about the original purpose of Stonehenge.
Source: Improving the Grammar of Written English, The Editing Process, Benson and Byrd
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Marsha Chan
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