The Definition Of Sentence

17 2 The Compound Sentence A compound sentence is a sentence consisting of two or more simple sentences connected by a coordinating conjunction. The coordinating conjunctions can be in the form of and, but, or nor Mallery, 1957, p. 72. Curme 1966 adds the commonest coordinating conjunctions used are and, or, but, and for p. 152. The example of the compound sentence is provided below. John is in the garden working and Mary is sitting at the window reading. Curme, 1966 The example provided by Curme is categorized as a compound sentence because there are two independent clauses consisting of one subject and one finite verb each, connected by the coordination conjunction „and‟. Therefore, it can be concluded that compound sentence is a sentence consists of two independent clauses which are connected by coordinating conjunction. 3 The Complex Sentence Curme 1966 says that a complex sentence contains of one independent propositions and one or more subordinate clauses p. 152. Similarly, Murcia and Freeman 1999 describe a complex sentence is containing a main clause and one or more subordinate clause p. 20. Mallery 1957 also reveals that “a complex sentence consists of one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses” p. 73. Moreover, Downing and Locke 2002 say that an independent clause is complete in itself, whereas a dependant clause is necessarily related to an independent clause. The example of a complex sentence is provided below. 18 They locked up the house ind.cl, before they went on holiday dep.cl Downing Locke, 2002, p. 11. Thus, the sentence above is a complex sentence since there are an independent clause and a dependent clause.

3. Jumbled-Word Game

According to Harmer 2007, there are some examples of grammar games that can be implemented in the classroom such as asking the right question, putting sentences back together again, and answering one question behind p. 223. Putting sentences back together again is the same as word ordering. Whereas, jumbled-words are the words on jumbled position. Jumble means an untidy or confused mixture of things Jumble, 2010 . Similarly, Gebhard‟s theory 1996 of unscrambling muddled sentences has the same rule as Harmer‟s theory. In this game, students are given the sentences that are on the wrong order. The students have to put the sentences into the correct order. This game helps students to be aware of the natural order and unnatural order of sentence. What is meant by natural order of sentence is that a sentence must consist of subject followed by predicate. Brewton et al. 1962 say that “all or part of the predicate precedes the subject” p. 195. In other hand, an unnatural order of sentence refers to a sentence in which the position of subject and predicate are not natural: predicate precedes subject. In this research, through the use of jumbled- word game, the students learn to construct compound sentences in natural order and complete form.