Sentence Types and Grammar Vocab

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What is a clause?

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A group of words with a subject and predicate.

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Independent clause:

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A complete sentence that can stand on its own.

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Dependent clause:

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Cannot stand alone; it's a fragment.

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What does compound mean?

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More than one

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Fragment definition?

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A partial sentence.

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Compound sentence:

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Two or more independent clauses combined.

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Relative clause?

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A clause that starts with a relative pronoun.

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Run-on example: I'm happy that your parents said you could come to my birthday party its going to be so fun I can't wait until Saturday!

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I'm happy that your parents said you could come to my birthday party its going to be so fun I can't wait until Saturday!

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A complex sentence consists of:

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an independent clause and a dependent clause

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Subordinate conjunction in: 'I was able to get my work checked since the bus was early today.'

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since