Clauses (The Magic Lens)

a group of words with a subject and its predicate

• simple sentence

• four clause structures

• clause

• independent clause

a clause that is a complete thought

• independent clause

• dependent clause

• four clause structure

• simple sentence

a clause that is not a complete thought

• independent clause

• four clause structure

• dependent clause

• compound sentence

simple, compound, complex, compound-complex

• clause

• independent clause

• four sentence purpose

• four clause structure

a sentence with one independent clause

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• simple sentence

• compound-complex sentence

a sentence with two or more independent clauses

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• compound-complex sentence

a sentence with an independent clause attached to a dependent clause

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• compound-complex sentence

a sentence with a compound structure and a complex structure

• simple sentence

• complex-compound sentence

• complex sentence

• compound sentence

declarative, imperative, exclamatory, and interrogative

• four sentence purposes

• four clause structures

• declarative sentence

• independent clause

a sentence that makes a statement

• imperative sentence

• declarative sentence

• exclamatory sentence

• interrogative sentence