Sentences: types, structures, and clauses

What is a simple sentence?

• It is a type of sentence with two independent clauses.

• It is a type of sentence with one independent clause.

• It is a type of sentence with one independent clause and a dependent clause.

• It is a type of sentence with two dependent clauses.

What is a compound-complex sentence?

• It is a type of sentence with one independent clause and a dependent clause.

• It is a type of sentence with two independent clauses.

• It is a type of sentence with two dependent clauses.

• It is a type of sentence with at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.

Compound Sentences...

• Contain one independent clause

• contain at least 2 independent clauses

• contain a subordinate caluse and an independent clause

• contain at least 2 independent clauses and at least 1 subordinate clause

Complex sentences...

• contain one independent clause

• contain at least 2 independent clauses

• contain a subordinate clause and an independent clause

• contain at least 2 independent clauses and at least 1 subordinate clause

A _____ clause is a group of words that can stand alone as a sentence

A _____ clause is a group of words that cannot stand alone as a sentence but contains a subject and a predicate

Which type of sentence has one subject and one verb?

• simple
• compound 
• complex

Which type of sentence has TWO or more complete thoughts, usually with a comma and a FANBOYS (conjunction) word?

• simple

• compound

• complex

Which type of sentence has an independent clause (complete thought) AND a dependent (can't stand alone) clause?

• simple

• compound

• complex

My hair smells like roses.

• simple sentence
• compound sentence
• complex sentence