Sentences are words put together to communicate ideas. Clear communication begins with a subject and predicate.
The subject is the WHAT or WHO, usually a noun or pronoun.
The predicate is the ACTION, usually a verb.
He smiles. WHO: He and ACTION: smiles
Teresa laughs. WHO: Teresa and ACTION: laughs
The combination of subject plus its predicate is called a clause. Sometimes you may have two clauses in one sentence. Ex: He smiles, and Teresa laughs.
Join clauses using conjunctions, like and, but, or etc.
This is called a compound sentence. The ideas are connected, but each subject/predicate combination could be its own sentence. Each clause in a compound sentence is independent.
BEWARE! Do not use more than two independent clauses in a sentence.
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