Sentence Types

Although the school is closed, the coach let me in to get my uniform.

• complex

• compound

• simple

• fragment

The blue honda has a flat tire, so we had to take the red Toyota.

• compound

• simple

• fragment

• complex

Before the football game ended...

• dependent clause

• independent clause

• not a clause

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William's new flat-screen TV...

• fragment

• dependent clause

• independent clause

• simple sentence

The part of the clause that tells what it is about. Must have a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase.

• subject

• predicate

• subordinating conjunction

• sentence

The part of the sentence that countains the verb and other words that tell what the subject is doing.

• predicate

• noun phrase

• conjunction

• dependent clause

For his birthday, Yusef wanted a new bike and some headphones.

• simple sentence

• fragment

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

A complex sentence must have...

• a compound subject

• a subordinating conjunction

• a preposition

• a noun phrase

your sandwich is ready...

• independent clause

• dependent clause

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• Simple sentence

The plumber knocked on your door, but you were not home.

This sentence has...

• two independent clauses connected with a conjunction.

• two simple sentences.

• two dependent clauses connected with a subordinating conjunction.

• one subject and one predicate.