Types of Sentences

What is a clause?

• a group of words containing a subject but no verb

• a group of words containing a verb but no subject

• a group of words that contains both a subject and a verb

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What are two types of clauses?

• Independent and Dependent

• Subjects and Verbs

• Coordinating and Subordinating

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Is this sentence simple, compound or complex? Although there are many stories about the unicorn, it is only an imaginary animal.

• Simple

• Complex

• Compound

• Compound-Complex

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Which is an example of an independent clause?

• When the cake is brown, take it out of the oven.

• The planets revolve around the sun.

• Until the sun sets.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What is a dependent clause?

• They begin with a subordinating conjunction and contains a subject and predicate.

• They stand alone as a sentence.

• They express a complete thought.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Simple sentences are made up of

• ONLY ONE independent clause

• NO independent clause

• TWO dependent clauses

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

How many clauses are needed to make a complex sentence?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• none

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

A compound sentence has

• ONE dependent clause and ONE independent clause

• ONE dependent clause

• TWO independent clauses joined by FANBOYS

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

What type of sentence is: She likes to sleep in, but if she has work, she can get up early.

• Simple

• Complex

• Compound

• Compound-Complex

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

What type of sentence is: I like tulips, and I like roses?

• Simple

• Complex

• Compound

• Compound-Complex

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A