https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/5th-and-6th-grade-grammar/x90cef5375e9bcad6:sentences-clauses-and-phrases-5/x90cef5375e9bcad6:simple-sentences-and-fragments-5/a/simple-sentences-5 2026-07-09T23:00:41.569872408Z Simple sentences Learn what simple sentences are and how to avoid making common mistakes. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/syntax-sentences-and-clauses/types-of-sentences/v/simple-and-compound-sentences-syntax-khan-academy 2020-06-23T07:22:42Z Simple and compound sentences A simple sentence contains one independent clause. A compound sentence contains more than one! Put another way: a simple sentence contains a subject and a predicate, but a compound sentence contains more than one subject and more than one predicate.  video https://cdn.kastatic.org/googleusercontent/5YCO89_pbLbO316HxORfMxdSo30JEwBY3o7PtsfIzOE5w9QdcR6PMBPxjGRS_zYP9n96bDIZXIcbOfAF3Z1hMUsX4A Simple and compound sentences A simple sentence contains one independent clause. A compound sentence contains more than one! Put another way: a simple sentence contains a subject and a predicate, but a compound sentence contains more than one subject and more than one predicate.  https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/3DGKY3eM9PY.mp4/3DGKY3eM9PY.mp4 269 Simple sentences and fragments https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/5th-and-6th-grade-grammar/x90cef5375e9bcad6:sentences-clauses-and-phrases-5/x90cef5375e9bcad6:simple-sentences-and-fragments-5/a/sentence-fragments-5 2026-07-09T23:10:46.777477003Z Sentence fragments Learn how to identify and correct fragments. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/syntax-conventions-of-standard-english/fragments-and-run-ons/v/recognizing-fragments-syntax-khan-academy 2020-06-23T07:22:43Z Recognizing fragments A sentence fragment is a chunk of language that hasn’t made it all the way to being a working sentence; it might be missing a verb, or there might not be a subject. Learn how to turn a fragment into a sentence in this video!  video https://cdn.kastatic.org/googleusercontent/rJ3lhQZY6OvQn0vEWmYpKe6gkqTQtuIe1CzeSFcOoROZYPQWNyZ2ofrbn0PzIe-UZzHE4uagM7v-BrSbKlpWo7wu Recognizing fragments A sentence fragment is a chunk of language that hasn’t made it all the way to being a working sentence; it might be missing a verb, or there might not be a subject. Learn how to turn a fragment into a sentence in this video!  https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/xpoZBnXHg3E.mp4/xpoZBnXHg3E.mp4 228 Simple sentences and fragments https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/5th-and-6th-grade-grammar/x90cef5375e9bcad6:sentences-clauses-and-phrases-5/x90cef5375e9bcad6:simple-sentences-and-fragments-5/e/simple-sentences-and-fragments-5 2026-07-09T22:30:50.91304474Z Simple sentences and fragments Practice identifying and correcting fragments Heather M. Meston exercise