Sentence Structure and Types

The video tutorial by Ashley and Mia covers the structure and formation of compound-complex sentences. It begins with a review of basic sentence types, including simple, compound, and complex sentences. The tutorial explains how compound-complex sentences are formed by combining two independent clauses with at least one dependent clause. Examples are provided to illustrate the concepts, and viewers are guided through exercises to identify and construct compound-complex sentences.

What is a simple sentence?

• A sentence with one independent clause.

• A sentence with two independent clauses.

• A sentence with two dependent clauses.

• A sentence with one dependent clause.

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

What is a compound sentence?

• A sentence with one dependent clause.

• A sentence with two independent clauses joined by a comma and coordinating conjunction.

• A sentence with one independent clause.

• A sentence with two dependent clauses.

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CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

What does a subordinating conjunction do?

• Joins a subject and a predicate.

• Joins two dependent clauses.

• Joins a dependent clause to an independent clause.

• Joins two independent clauses.

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CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Which of the following is a complex sentence?

• I wear my coat, and I bundle up.

• When the weather is cold, I wear my coat.

• I wear my coat.

• I bundle up.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

What is a compound-complex sentence?

• A sentence with two independent clauses and one dependent clause.

• A sentence with one dependent clause.

• A sentence with one independent clause.

• A sentence with two dependent clauses.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Identify the dependent clause in the sentence: 'After we ate dinner, my family walked along the beach, and we got sand all over our feet.'

• After we ate dinner

• My family walked

• My family walked along the beach

• We got sand all over our feet

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which sentence is a compound-complex sentence?

• I wear my coat.

• When the weather is cold, I wear my coat, and I bundle up.

• When the weather is cold, I wear my coat.

• I wear my coat, and I bundle up.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

What makes a sentence compound-complex?

• One independent clause and one dependent clause.

• Two independent clauses joined by a comma and coordinating conjunction, and at least one dependent clause.

• Two dependent clauses.

• One independent clause.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Which of the following sentences is a compound sentence?

• I wear my coat.

• When the weather is cold, I wear my coat.

• I wear my coat, and I bundle up.

• I bundle up.

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CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

What is the structure of a compound-complex sentence?

• Two dependent clauses.

• One independent clause and one dependent clause.

• Two independent clauses joined by a comma and coordinating conjunction, and at least one dependent clause.

• One independent clause.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B