Sentence Types

Group of words with a subject and verb that CAN stand alone (ex. I talked.)

• phrase
• independent clause
• dependent clause
• subordinator

Type of sentence formed by joining two independent clauses with a comma and fanboys conjunction 

• Simple
• Compound
• Complex
• Compound-Complex

Type of sentence formed from ONE independent clause

• simple
• compound
• complex
• compound-complex

Type of sentence formed from one DEPENDENT and one INDEPENDENT clause

• simple
• compound
• complex
• compound-complex

A clause MUST have these TWO elements

• adjective and adverb
• subject and object
• subject and verb
• subject and subordinator

When joining a compound sentence, use a comma AND one of these words.

• subordinator
• fanboys conjunction
• subject
• semicolon

What type of sentence is this?
I stayed after school until 5:00 p.m. to get help with biology.

• simple sentence
• compound sentence
• complex sentence
• compound-complex sentence

What type of sentence is this? 
I walked to school, ate lunch, and went to class.

• simple sentence
• compound sentence
• complex sentence
• compound-complex sentence

What type of sentence is this?
My friend, who is never sick, was absent from school.

• simple sentence
• compound sentence
• complex sentence
• compound-complex sentence

What type of sentence is this?

She never forgot her teacher's advice; she also never found occasion to use it.

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• compound-complex sentence