Writing the conclusion of a report on Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole | Starter Quiz | Oak National Academy

A simple sentence is a sentence about ...

• one main idea and another idea of less importance.

• two ideas that do not make sense.

• one idea that makes complete sense.

Answer explanation

A simple sentence does not need to be joined to anything else and makes complete sense on its own.

What type of sentence is important in its own right?

• a compound sentence

• a complex sentence

• a simple setence

Answer explanation

A simple sentence always starts with a capital lettter and ends with a full stop.

Which of these is not a simple sentence?

• The girl went to the park.

• It was a hot day in England.

• so she could play with her friends

Answer explanation

This sentence is less important because it needs to be joined to a simple sentence in order to make sense. For example: 'The girl went to the park so she could play with her friends.'

Subordinate ideas are dependent on ...

• a first idea that makes complete sense.

• another subordinate idea.

• nothing.

Answer explanation

A subordinate idea uses a subordinate joining word to join to the first idea.

Which of these is a subordinate joining word?

• and

• because

• or

Answer explanation

Here's an example: 'The girl went to the park because she wanted to play with her friends.' 'Because' gives a reason.

Which of these is a subordinate joining word?

• but

• when

• the

Answer explanation

Here's an example: 'The girl went to the park when it stopped raining.'