Sentence Structure

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What are the two essential components of a clause?

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Subject and predicate.

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What type of sentence is 'We will try our best and do well on this test!'?

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Simple.

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What are the coordinating conjunctions?

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For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.

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What type of sentence is 'Bailey spiked the ball, and the volleyball team won the match!'?

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Exclamatory, compound.

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What makes a clause dependent?

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It is an incomplete thought.

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What is a subject in a sentence?

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The part of the sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about.

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What is a predicate in a sentence?

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The part of the sentence that tells what the subject does or is.

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What is the difference between independent and dependent clauses?

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An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence, while a dependent clause cannot.

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What is a compound sentence?

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A sentence that contains at least two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction.

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What is an exclamatory sentence?

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A sentence that expresses strong emotion and ends with an exclamation mark.