Practice Quiz - Sentences & Conjunctions

I could not get a seat .... I came early

• when

• as

• because

• although

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

I'll keep on dreaming ... my dreams come true.

• until

• without

• for

• and

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

A clause has:

• a subject and a predicate
• a phrase and a word
• a noun and an adjective
• a comma and a period

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

An independent clause:

• has a subject and a predicate but no complete thought

• has a subject and a predicate and is a complete thought

• can't be a sentence on its own

• makes a sentence complex

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

A dependent clause:

• has a subject and a predicate but no complete thought
• has a subject and a predicate and a complete though
• can be a sentence on its own
• makes a sentence compound

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

while the band was playing

• This is an independent clause.
• This is a dependent clause.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

she studied diligently

• This is an independent clause.
• This is a dependent clause.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

although I ate my lunch

• This is an independent clause.
• This is a dependent clause.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

I eat my lunch in the shade.

• This is an independent clause.
• This is a dependent clause.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

A complex sentence is:

• two independent clauses
• one independent clause alone
• an independent clause and a dependent clause
• two dependent clauses

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B