Sentence Structures: Simple, Compound & Complex Sentences
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What is a simple sentence?
29A sentence with an independent and dependent clause.
A sentence with more than one subject and more than one predicate (verb).
A sentence with only one subject and one predicate (verb) that cannot be split into two or more separate sentences.
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What is a simple sentence?
A sentence with an independent and dependent clause.
A sentence with more than one subject and more than one predicate (verb).
A sentence with only one subject and one predicate (verb) that cannot be split into two or more separate sentences.
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What is a coordinating conjunction?
A subordinating conjunction is a word or phrase that links a dependent clause to an independent clause. This word or phrase indicates that a clause has an informative value to add to the sentence’s main idea, signaling a cause-and-effect relationship or a shift in time and place between the two clauses.
Since, as, because of, due to, once, while, before, after, if, only, until, etc...
A word that joins words, phrases, and independent clauses in a compound sentence.
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
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What is a dependent clause?
A dependent clause has a subject, and a verb and is a complete thought. It is a sentence.
A dependent clause has a subject and a verb, but it is not a complete thought.
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What is an independent clause?
An independent clause has a subject and a verb, but it is not a complete thought.
An independent clause has a subject, and a verb and is a complete thought. It is a sentence.
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What are subordinate conjunctions?
A word that joins words, phrases, and independent clauses in a compound sentence.
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
Subordinate conjunctions connect a dependent clause with an independent clause.
after, although, because, before, if, once, unless, until, whenever, while, etc...
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What is the DEPENDENT CLAUSE in this sentence?
The mailman wouldn't deliver our mail after my dog bit him in the leg.
after my dog bit him in the leg.
The mailman wouldn't deliver our mail.
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What is the INDEPENDENT CLAUSE in this sentence?
The mailman wouldn't deliver our mail after my dog bit him in the leg.
after my dog bit him in the leg.
The mailman wouldn't deliver our mail.
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What is the DEPENDENT CLAUSE in this sentence?
Sarah could have done better on the assignment, although she did receive an A.
although she did receive an A.
Sarah could have done better on the assignment
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What is the INDEPENDENT CLAUSE in this sentence?
Sarah could have done better on the assignment, although she did receive an A.
Sarah could have done better on the assignment.
although she did receive an A.
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What is the DEPENDENT CLAUSE in this sentence?
Because she didn't say, "Mother may I?" she had to start over.
Because she didn't say, "Mother may I?"
she had to start over.
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What is the INDEPENDENT CLAUSE in this sentence?
Because she didn't say, "Mother may I?" she had to start over.
Because she didn't say, "Mother may I?"
she had to start over.
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What is the DEPENDENT CLAUSE in this sentence?
Before my mom would let me spend the night, she had to talk to Jamie's mom.
she had to talk to Jamie's mom.
Before my mom would let me spend the night,
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What is the DEPENDENT CLAUSE in this sentence?
If you study for the test, you will do much better.
you will do much better.
If you study for the test,
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What is the INDEPENDENT CLAUSE in this sentence?
Before my mom would let me spend the night, she had to talk to Jamie's mom.
Before my mom would let me spend the night,
she had to talk to Jamie's mom.
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What is the INDEPENDENT CLAUSE in this sentence?
If you study for the test, you will do much better.
you will do much better.
If you study for the test,
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