Sentence structures

The way words are arranged in a sentence to convey meaning.

A sentence that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.

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

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

A group of words that has a subject and a verb but does not express a complete thought.

A group of words that has a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.

A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses (e.g., and, but, or).

A conjunction that connects words, phrases, or clauses of equal importance (e.g., for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).

A conjunction that introduces a dependent clause (e.g., although, because, since).

A sentence that has at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.