Begginning with a special opening word or phrase:
1: -ed word: Connected about his son's fever, Paul called a doctor.
2: -ing word: Humming softly, the woman browsed through the rack of dresses.
3:-ly word; Hesitantly, Winson approached the insructor's desk.
4:to word group: To protect her hair, Eva uses the lowest setting on her blow dryer.
5:Prepositional Phrase: During the exam, drops of water fell from the ceiling.
Adding A second complete thought:
When you add a second complete thought to a simple sentence, the result is a compound sentence, which gives equal weitht to two closely related ideas.
The two complete statements in a compound sentence are usually connected by a comma plus a joining or coordinating word(and, but, or, nor, so, yet)
ex:
Greg worked on the engine for three hourse, but the car still wouldn't start.
1: -ed word: Connected about his son's fever, Paul called a doctor.
2: -ing word: Humming softly, the woman browsed through the rack of dresses.
3:-ly word; Hesitantly, Winson approached the insructor's desk.
4:to word group: To protect her hair, Eva uses the lowest setting on her blow dryer.
5:Prepositional Phrase: During the exam, drops of water fell from the ceiling.
Adding A second complete thought:
When you add a second complete thought to a simple sentence, the result is a compound sentence, which gives equal weitht to two closely related ideas.
The two complete statements in a compound sentence are usually connected by a comma plus a joining or coordinating word(and, but, or, nor, so, yet)
ex:
Greg worked on the engine for three hourse, but the car still wouldn't start.