SAT Writing | Sentence Types & Conjunctions | Review

Simple Sentence:

• Contains a subject

• Contains a verb

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

Compound Sentence:

• Contains two or more independent clauses

• Clauses are linked by a coordinating conjunction

• clauses are linked by a subordinating conjunction

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Complex Sentence:

• Contains one independent clause

• Contains one subordinate clause

• Contains one or more subordinate clauses

• Linked by a subordinate conjunction

• Linked by a coordinate conjunction

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.2.1F

Compound-Complex Sentence:

• Contains two or more independent clauses

• Contains one or more subordinate clauses

• Can contain both a coordinating conjunction and a subordinating conjunction

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.2.1F

A restrictive clause modifies the noun that precedes it in an essential way.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

On the other hand, a nonrestrictive clause describes a noun in a way that is not essential to the meaning of the sentence.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Dependent clauses always start with coordinating conjunctions.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

With a subordinating conjunction, a clause becomes a description of another clause.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Deciding Between That and Which:

That is used to refer to objects or places and is the biggest indicator of a restrictive clause. That introduces a descriptive or informative phrase that adds important information

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which introduces information that is not essential to the meaning of the main clause and is the biggest indicator of a nonrestrictive clause.

• True

• Fasle

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B