Sentence Construction

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What is a subject in a sentence?

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

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What is a compound subject?

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A compound subject consists of two or more subjects that share the same verb.

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What is a compound predicate?

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A compound predicate consists of two or more verbs or verb phrases that share the same subject.

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What is an independent clause?

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An independent clause is a group of words that can stand alone as a sentence; it has a subject and a predicate.

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What is a dependent clause?

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A dependent clause is a group of words that cannot stand alone as a sentence; it depends on an independent clause.

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What is a conjunction?

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A conjunction is a word that connects clauses or sentences, such as 'and', 'but', or 'so'.

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What is the difference between a simple sentence and a compound sentence?

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A simple sentence has one independent clause, while a compound sentence has two or more independent clauses joined by a conjunction.

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What is an example of a compound subject?

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In the sentence 'Tom and Jerry are friends', 'Tom and Jerry' is the compound subject.

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What is an example of a compound predicate?

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In the sentence 'She ran and jumped', 'ran and jumped' is the compound predicate.