Types of Sentences:Compound, Complex, and COmpound-Complex

A clause that can't stand alone

• Dependent

• Independent

• Fragment

• Santa ;)

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

An independent clause

• has a subject, predicate, and a complete thought.

• has a subject and a predicate

• starts with an AAAWWUBBIS word

• is a fragment

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

A simple sentence

• has one independent clause

• has two independent clauses

• has an independent and dependent clause

• has at least two independent clauses and one dependent clause

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

A compound sentence

• has one independent clause

• has two independent clauses

• has an independent and dependent clause

• has at least two independent clauses and one dependent clause

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

A complex sentence

• has one independent clause

• has two independent clauses

• has an independent and dependent clause

• has at least two independent clauses and one dependent clause

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

A compound-complex sentence

• has one independent clause

• has two independent clauses

• has an independent and dependent clause

• has at least two independent clauses and one dependent clause

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

If there is a phrase in a simple sentence

• it is still a simple sentence

• it becomes a compound sentence

• it becomes an incomplete sentence

• it is a fragment

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

Run-ons happen because

• sentences are not joined properly

• people aren't looking where they are going

• sentences have two subjects

• sentences have a comma and a FANBOY conjunction

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

If the dependent clause is written before the independent clause you must

• add a period

• put a comma between the two clauses

• make the sentence two sentences

• add a FANBOY conjunction

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

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• Simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B