Sentence Types and Grammar Vocab

What is a clause?

• A group of words that have a subject and a predicate.

• A complete sentence that can stand on its own.

• Cannot stand on its own as a sentence, it is a fragment

• Two or more independent clauses (simple sentences) put together.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What is an independent clause?

• A group of words that have a subject and a predicate.

• A complete sentence that can stand on its own.

• Cannot stand on its own as a sentence, it is a fragment

• Two or more independent clauses (simple sentences) put together.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What is a dependent clause?

• A group of words that have a subject and a predicate.

• A complete sentence that can stand on its own.

• Cannot stand on its own as a sentence, it is a fragment

• Two or more independent clauses (simple sentences) put together.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What does compound mean?

• A partial sentence

• A clause that starts with a relative pronoun.

• More than one

• Two or more independent clauses (simple sentences) put together.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

What does fragment mean?

• A partial sentence

• A clause that starts with a relative pronoun.

• More than one

• Two or more independent clauses (simple sentences) put together.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

What is a compound sentence?

• A partial sentence

• A clause that starts with a relative pronoun.

• More than one

• Two or more independent clauses (simple sentences) put together.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Which one of these is a run-on?

• I'm happy that your parents said you could come to my birthday party its going to be so fun I can't wait until Saturday!

• I am very particular about who I choose as a friend, so I only hang out with chill people.

• Where is the bus stop?

• I follow her on Instagram.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

A complex sentence is made of

• two independent clauses.

• an independent clause and a dependent clause

• two dependent clauses

• one independent clause

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

I was able to get my work checked since the bus was early today.

Q: What is the subordinate conjunction in this sentence?

• was

• since

• able

• to

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

As she looked out the window, a bird swooped down from the tree.

Q: What is the subordinating conjunction in this sentence?

• as

• out

• from

• the

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E