Effective Sentences

What is a simple sentence?

• One Independent clause

• Two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction

• One independent clause with two or more dependent clauses

What is a compound sentence?

• One independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses

• One independent clause

• Two or more independent clauses joined together usually by a coordinating conjunction

What is a complex sentence?

• One independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.

• Two independent clauses joined together by a coordinating conjunction.

• One independent clause

What can I put at the beginning of an independent clause to make it dependent?

• coordinating conjunction

• subordinating conjunction

Which one is not a coordinating conjunction?

• or

• but

• While

• and

What is a compound complex sentence?

• two independent clauses joined together by a coordinating conjunction

• two or more independent clauses as well as a dependent clause.

• one independent clause with one or more dependent clauses

• one independent clause

True or False: If a dependent clause comes first in a complex sentence you need a comma.

• True

• False

What type of sentence is this: After I went to the store, I went home to make dinner.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex

What type of sentence is this: Becky and Martha went to a birthday part, and they ate so much cake.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex

What type of sentence is this: While working out, I hurt my back, so I had to go to the chiropractor.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex