Front

Topic of a sentence (who/what it’s about):

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subject

Front

Action of the sentence:

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predicate

Front

A group of words with one subject and one verb that form a complete thought.

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independent clause

Front

Links words and phrases.

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conjunction

Front

Topic of a sentence (who/what it’s about):

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subject

Front

Action of a sentence:

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predicate

Front

Group of words with one subject and one verb forming a complete thought.

Back

independent clause

Front

Group of words with a subject and predicate, lacking a complete thought (has a 'marker word')

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dependent clause

Front

A sentence with multiple independent clauses, joined by a conjunction or semi-colon.

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compound sentence

Front

A sentence with one independent clause and no dependent clauses.

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simple sentence