Sentence Structure

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Independent clause: a group of words with a subject and verb that makes sense as a sentence.

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A group of words that contains a subject and a verb, and makes sense on its own as a sentence.

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A dependent clause is a group of words with a subject and verb that does NOT make sense on its own.

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A dependent clause does NOT make sense on its own.

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A compound sentence contains...

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two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction.

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A complex sentence contains...

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one independent clause and one dependent clause joined by a subordinating conjunction.

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Sentence type: 'While my mom was baking the pie, we watched some football.'

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complex

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Sentence type: compound or complex? When Thanksgiving comes, we love to go all out.

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complex

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Sentence type: 'The house on Mango Street is ours, and we don't have to pay rent to anyone.'

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compound

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Sentence type: 'If you give me five dollars, I'll be your friend forever.'

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complex

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Sentence type: 'We bought a used refrigerator from him once, but we don't really know him.'

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compound

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Subject: WHO or WHAT in a sentence

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(noun) the WHO or WHAT in a sentence