Sentence Types

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What is an independent clause?

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A group of words with a subject and verb that CAN stand alone (e.g., I talked).

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What is a simple sentence?

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A sentence that contains one independent clause and no dependent clauses (e.g., I stayed after school).

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What is a dependent clause?

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A group of words with a subject and verb that CANNOT stand alone (e.g., Before we went to school).

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What do you use to join a compound sentence?

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A comma AND a FANBOYS conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).

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What are the two elements a clause must have?

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A subject and a verb.

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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 conjunction.

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What is a complex sentence?

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A sentence that contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

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What is a phrase?

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A group of words that does not have a subject-verb pair and cannot stand alone.

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What is a FANBOYS conjunction?

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A coordinating conjunction used to connect independent clauses (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).

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What is the purpose of a subordinator?

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To introduce a dependent clause and show the relationship between the dependent and independent clauses.