Opportunity For Success: Sentence Structure

Think of this as an OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCCESS. Make sure that you log in with your name. Earn at least a 90%, print out the certificate, and bring it to class by the due date. If you do all this: your quiz grade will be changed to a B! SIMPLE SENTENCE A simple sentence, also called an independent clause, contains a subject and a verb, and it expresses a complete thought. In the following simple sentences, subjects are in yellow, and verbs are in green. A. Some students like to study in the mornings. B. Juan and Arturo play football every afternoon. C. Alicia goes to the library and studies every day. Note that sentence B contains a compound subject, and sentence C contains a compound verb. Simple sentences, therefore, contai