Types of Sentences

Types of Sentences

What are the three types of sentences?

Multiple Choice

Is the following sentence a simple sentence?

School closures and the shift to online learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in learning loss in developed and developing countries.

• Yes

• No

Don't let a long sentence fool you!

All you need to have a single sentence are three things!

1. Subject

2. Verb

3. Make sentence on it's own!

Multiple Choice

Is the following sentence a simple sentence?

Learning loss is generally defined as any specific or general loss of knowledge and skills or reversals in academic progress when students are not in school.

• Yes

• No

This is a complex sentence.

We'll learn more about this, but this is why:

Learning loss is generally defined as any specific or general loss of knowledge and skills or reversals in academic progress when students are not in school. = an adverbial clause! Let's learn how to ID them!

Multiple Choice

An independent clause:

• has a subject and a predicate but is not a complete thought

• has a subject and a predicate and is a complete thought

• can't be a sentence on its own

• makes a sentence complex

Independent Clause

An independent clause is a fancy word for "complete sentence." ​

Subject | Subject

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Multiple Choice

The football.

• Complete sentence

• NOT a complete sentence

Multiple Select

The football.

What's missing?

• No subject

• No verb

• Not a complete thought

Multiple Choice

The cat sat on the windowsill.

• Complete sentence

• NOT a complete sentence

Multiple Choice

My favorite team.

• Complete sentence

• NOT a complete sentence

Multiple Select

My favorite team.

What's missing?

• No subject

• No verb

• Not a complete thought

Multiple Choice

Riding her bicycle in the park.

• Complete sentence

• NOT a complete sentence

Multiple Select

Riding her bicycle in the park.

What's missing?

• No subject

• No verb

• Not a complete thought

Multiple Choice

Although it rained all day.

• Complete sentence

• NOT a complete sentence

Multiple Select

Although it rained all day.

What's missing?

• No subject

• No verb

• Not a complete thought

​Pay attention!

Compound subjects and verbs.

Just because a sentence has a compound subject or a compound verb, doesn't make it a compound sentence.

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A sentence with two or more subjects has a compound subject.

A sentence with two or more predicates has a compound verb. ​

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Multiple Choice

Choose whether the sentence has simple subject and compound subject:

The wind and waves rocked the boat.

• simple subject

• compound subject

Multiple Choice

Choose whether the sentence has simple predicate or compound predicate:

The waves splashed against and pounded the deck.

• simple predicate

• compound predicate

Multiple Choice

Choose whether the sentence has a simple subject or compound subject:

Johnder, Karl, and Kurt all want to go to college.

• Simple subject

• Compound subject

Compound Sentences

Compound Sentences are different than simple sentences with compound subjects and verbs!

Multiple Choice

What are the coordinating conjunctions?

• and, of , from

• or, from , in

• in , on , at

• or, but, and

Compound Sentences

• 2 independent clauses: Choco loves chicken. He loves steak.

• joined by a COMMA + FANBOYS conjunction

• (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) --> Choco loves chicken, and he loves steak.

Multiple Choice

Choose the compound sentence below.

• My dogs ran away from home when the gate was left open.

• My dogs got out of the gate, and they ran away from home.

• Everytime the gate is left open, my dogs always run out.

Multiple Choice

We use a ............................... with and , but, or in only compound sentences.

• period

• parenthesis

• qoutation mark

• comma

Multiple Choice

What is the compound sentence?

• Two simple sentences are joined by coordinating conjunctions.

• Conjunction and , or, and but

• Atleat two sentences are conncted by prepositions.

• Writing many sentences in the same line.

​Complex Sentences

Complex sentences

• at least 1 independent clause + at least 1 dependent clause: Choco gained weight. Because he loves chicken.

• dependent clause has a subject and a verb, but it starts with an AWUBIS

• AWUBIS DEP + COMMA + IND. --> Because he loves chicken, Choco gained weight.

• IND AWUBIS DEP. --> Choco gained weight because he loves chicken.

​​*AWUBIS: Although, While, When, Unless, Because, If, Since

Uses ​​AWUBIS: Although, While, When, Unless, Because, If, Since A dependent Clause and an Independent Clause
If AWUBIS at the beginning, use a comma. If in the middle NO COMMA

Complex Sentences

Uses FANBOYS
Two simple sentences joined together
needs a comma between the FANBOYS

Compound Sentences

Compound vs. Complex sentence

Multiple Choice

A dependent clause:

• has a subject and a predicate but is not a complete thought

• has a subject and a predicate and is a complete thought

• can be a sentence on its own

• makes a sentence compound

​Dependent Clause

Has a subject and a verb

But doesn't express a complete thought...

​

Because I left the milk out overnight....

As I saw the dog run across the yard...

When the students posed for the homecoming picture... ​

Multiple Choice

Which clause is the dependent clause?

• My mother cooked fried chicken.

• When my sister and I got hungry.

• My father ate it all.

Multiple Choice

Type of sentence: Martha's goal for the school year is to get an A and make friends.

• SIMPLE

• COMPOUND

• COMPLEX

Multiple Choice

Type of sentence: Each teacher wants his/her students to do well, and each student has the potential to succeed!

• SIMPLE

• COMPOUND

• COMPLEX

Multiple Choice

Type of sentence: Setting goals is important because they provide a map to success.

• SIMPLE

• COMPOUND

• COMPLEX

Open Ended

Complete the compound sentence: These dogs are cute, __________________.

Open Ended

Complete the complex sentence: Although it is important to have fun, ____________________.

Quiz yourself on your knowledge of simple, compound, and complex sentences

Multiple Choice

Which is the compound sentence?

• Do you play basketball?

• He saw a fox that is following him.

• They wanted to go to Paris, but I wanted to see Rome.

• My brother speaks loudly.

Multiple Choice

Which type of sentence has one independent clause and at least 1 dependent clause?

• SIMPLE

• COMPOUND

• COMPLEX

Multiple Choice

We do not use a comma with and , but, or to join ..........................

• two sentences

• two nouns

• two simple sentences

• two sentences for giving extra information

Multiple Choice

 

Which is the correct compound sentence?

• Do you like football , or basketbal?

• He saw a fox and a snake.

• They wanted some pizza, and some drinks.

• Your brother can speak English, but he cannot speak French.

Multiple Choice

Which is not the compound sentence?

• You can go now, or you can go tomorrow.

• They are intelligent and creative.

• I like cats, and Sam like cats too.

• I am running, but Tim is walking.

Multiple Choice

When a subordinating conjunction starts a sentence, a comma is required.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

A complex sentence is comprised of:

• two independent clauses

• one independent clause alone

• an independent clause and a dependent clause

• two dependent clauses

Multiple Choice

Does this sentence need a comma?

Whenever you feel hungry we can stop for lunch.

• no comma

• comma after hungry

• comma after stop

• comma after feel

Multiple Choice

because she studied diligently

• This is an independent clause.
• This is a dependent clause.

Multiple Choice

I eat my lunch in the shade.

• This is an independent clause.
• This is a dependent clause.

Multiple Choice

Does this sentence need a comma?
Clowns juggled while the audience waited for the show to start.

• no comma
• comma after juggled

• comma after audience

• comma after waited

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• After we eat, I want to see a movie.

• Because you sneezed I jumped.

• As, we walked you ran.

• If you, fall I'll catch you.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• Cory ate lunch after we took a walk.
• Cory ate lunch, after we took a walk.
• Cory ate, lunch after we took a walk.
• Cory ate lunch - after we took a walk.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• Because I was sick I missed school.

• Because, I was sick I missed school.

• Because, I was sick, I missed school.

• Because I was sick, I missed school.

Multiple Choice

while the band was playing

• This is an independent clause.

• This is a dependent clause.

Multiple Choice

I was able to get my work checked since the bus was early today.

The subordinate conjunction of this sentence is:

• was

• able

• since

• today

Multiple Choice

As she looked out the window, a bird swooped down from the tree.

The subordinate conjunction of this sentence is:

• as

• out

• down

• from

Poll

How well did you understand? Rate your understanding of all 3 sentence types.

• 1 -- I don't understand.

• 2 -- I kind of understand...

• 3 -- I think I understand.

• 4 -- I understand!

• 5 -- I really understand; I got this!