Clauses, Sentence Types, and Comma Usage

called the main clause of a sentence

• independent clause

• dependent clause

• adverb clause

• adjective clause

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

can never stand alone; is a sentence fragment or incomplete sentence

• independent clause

• dependent clause

• adverbial prepositional phrase

• adjectival prepositional phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

An Appositive Phrase creates what kind of sentence?

• Simple Sentence

• Appositive Sentence

• Compound Sentence

• Complex Sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Mr. Resendiz has two pets, a dog named Pepper and a cat named Sylvie.

• Aww how cute

• Simple

• Compound-Complex Sentence

• Complex Sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.1.1J

What is the difference between a compound sentence and a complex sentence?

• Only a complex sentence can have 2 or more clauses.

• Only a compound sentence can have more than 2 clauses.

• Complex sentences have 1 Independent clause and at least 1 dependent clause.

• Compound Sentences MUST have 2 Dependent clauses and a FANBOY with a comma.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1H

Find the error

Mr. Resendiz said "All of you are weird and should go away now."

• Missing comma before the word "and"

  "All of you are weird, and should go away now."

• The period should be after the quotation

  "...go away now".

• There should be a comma after Mr. Resendiz

  Mr. Resendiz, said "...

• There should be a comma after said

  Mr. Resendiz said, "

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

In order to make sure his students are successful, Mr. Resendiz creates tests that are more difficult than the District Tests.

• Complex

• Compound

• Simple

• Compound Complex

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1H

Of all the weird sharks there are in the world, the goblin shark is probably the weirdest; it has a strange protruding nose and a detachable jaw.

• Compound-Complex

• Compound

• Complex

• Simple

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1H

Don't forget to turn in your work to the white bin on the table that corresponds to your class period.

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

• Complex Sentence

• Compound-Complex Sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1H

Don't worry about getting most of these correct the first time, but you should probably worry about getting at least over half of them right; actually please do your best on these questions.

• Complex

• Compound- Complex

• Simple

• Compound

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.1.1J