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highlight Simple if the sentence is simple, or Compound if it is compound.

1. We bought tickets to the hockey game.

Simple
Compound

2. We sat toward the center of the rink.

Simple
Compound

3. Hockey is a fast game and fans shriek with excitment.

Simple
Compound

4. Hockey players are careful but they still get hurt often.

Simple
Compound

5. The goalie on each team stays near the end of the rink.

Simple
Compound

6. Players obey the rules or they receive penalties.

Simple
Compound

7. Hockey is a popular sport in many countries around the world.

Simple
Compound

8. Hockey players move quickly or they miss a goal.

Simple
Compound

Click Compound Subject if the sentence has a compound subject. Click Compound Predicate if the sentence has a compound predicate.

9. Fred, Toby, and I formed a hockey team last month.

Compound Subject
Compound Predicate

10. We bought equipment made uniforms and found an ice rink.

Compound Subject
Compound Predicate

11. The coach and his assistant helped us at the start.

Compound Subject
Compound Predicate

12. Toby printed tickets and sold them after school.

Compound Subject
Compound Predicate

13. Teachers, students and friends came to our first game.

Compound Subject
Compound Predicate

14. Boys and girls played on each team.

Compound Subject
Compound Predicate

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A simple sentence is a sentence that had one subject part and one predicate part.

A compound sentence is a sentence that contains two or more simple sentences joined by and, or, or but.

A compound subject has two or more simple subjects that have the same predicate. The subjects are joined by and.

A compound predicate is a predicate that has two or more verbs with the same subject. The verbs are connected by and or or.

In a compound sentence, use a comma before and, or, or but when they join simple sentences.

In a series of three or more nouns or verbs, use commas to separate them.

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PRESENT SIMPLE and CONTINUOUSPAST SIMPLE and CONTINUOUS

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PRESENT SIMPLE and CONTINUOUSPAST SIMPLE and CONTINUOUS

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Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verb in brackets. Write the verbs without contractions: e.g. I'm watching , I am watching, He's handsome, he is handsome.

Yesterday my uncle_____________repair) the car, while I______________do) my homework.

Today____________be) Monday and we______________   (have) dinner in the dining-room now.

My elder brother___________   (be) very intelligent. He____________  (want) to be a doctor.

She_____________   (have) a terrible headhache right now.

When my parents________ (be) young, they___________ Rolling Stones.

My sister________________   (believe) in magic. She always _____________   (try) tricks on me!

Every morning I ______________  (get up) at 7 o'clock, I______________(have) my breakfast. While I _______ (eat), my mother ____________ (prepare) my lunch. When I __________ (finish) having breakfast, I always ___________ (take) my bike, and I ________( go)quickly to school. I always ________ (arrive) late!

- Hey! What _____________   (you/do)?

- I___________ (do) my homework.

Once upon a time, there    ___________   (be) a horrible witch. She _________ (love) scaring children and she _______________ (live) near a school. Every day   she   _____________    for children out of her house with a really scary face.

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Read this passage, then complete the questions for the answers given. Use up to three words to complete each space. Use he/his to make the questions.

In January 1990, I was at primary school and in January 2000, I was at university! I left primary school in September 1990 and went to a secondary school five kilometres from my house. I got the bus every day at 7.30am and didn't get home until 5 o'clock in the evening. What a difficult life!

My family bought a satellite TV in 1991 and a new video the next year. In 1994, my brother bought a computer and I got a bicycle the next year.

I left my school in 1997 but decided not to go to university like most people: instead, I went walking in France alone for four months and then drove around America for three months with my brother. For the first six months of 1998, I got a job in a health food shop and then went to university in October 1998 in Wales.

1. What time did _______________ the bus?
7.30am.

2. ________________  he get home every day?
5pm.

3. When did _________________buy satellite TV?
1991

4. Who bought _________________in 1994?
His brother.

5. _____________  he walk around France for?
Four months.

6. Did he go ____________in 1997 after school?
No, he didn't.

7. Who did he go to __________________ ?
His brother.

8. Where _____________________ in 1998?
A health food shop.

9. __________  did he work there for?
Six months.