Types of Sentences Flashcard

Front

A complex sentence is:

Back

Contains one independent clause and at least one subordinate clause.

Front

Compound-complex sentence:

Back

Contains 2 independent clauses & at least 1 subordinate clause.

Front

Type of sentence: Shawn wanted to ride his bike, and he didn’t care that his mom told him he couldn’t.

Back

Compound-Complex

Front

Type of sentence: He thinks about going into his room, but it smells like a locker room.

Back

Compound

Front

Type of sentence: 'When Mike was a kid, he was kind of a runt compared to the other boys.'

Back

Complex

Front

Type of sentence: 'When Mike was a kid, he was kind of a runt compared to the other boys.'

Back

Complex

Front

Sentence type: I don’t have time to pick you up; you’re going to have to drive your own car to the game.

Back

Compound

Front

Example of a COMPLEX sentence:

Back

Ever since I hit it with a football last week, the screen on my TV won’t stop flickering.

Front

Example of a COMPOUND-COMPLEX sentence:

Back

I’m running out of gas, and you’re going to have to pay for it this time because you owe me twenty bucks.

Front

Does this sentence combine independent and subordinate clauses correctly? Ever since the dance last month Logan thinks we’re going out, I don’t know how to tell him, that we’re not.

Back

NO