Syntax & Clauses

Syntax is the study of_______________.

• Word formation
• How language is used to communicate within its situational context
• Linguistic meaning
• Phrases, clauses, and sentences

In the sentence “The fat man ate food,” which part is the noun phrase?

• Man
• Ate
• The fat man
• Ate food

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

The term "syntax" comes from the Greek word meaning __________

• "arrangement"

• "together forever"

• "arrange together"

• "word order"

Liza slept.

• Fragment

• Sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

Barking dogs.

• Fragment

• Sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

I like coffee, Mary likes tea.

• Simple Sentence

• Complex Sentence

• Compound Sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

A compound-complex sentence has at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause. In simple terms, an independent clause can be a sentence on its own while a dependent clause cannot.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Kate doesn't like cartoons because they are loud, so she doesn't watch them. (BOLD)

• dependant clause

• independant clause

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

The dog started barking so the cat ran away and I couldn’t keep up, so I stopped. (BOLD)

• independent clause

• dependent clause

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

A compound sentence is a sentence that has at least two independent clauses joined by a comma, semicolon or conjunction.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A