Definitions:
A person, place or thing that is performing the action.
What is a subject?
What is the subject of the sentence:
The cat ran across the street?
Cat
Is this a dependent or independent clause:
While flowers continue to bloom.
Dependent
What type of sentence is below?
I wish I could bring a blanket to school.
Simple Sentence
What is this ; called?
a Semicolon
The action or state of being in the sentence.
What is a verb?
The cat ran across the busy street.
Ran
Is this a dependent or independent clause:
Joan teaches science and algebra at the community college.
Independent
What type of sentence is below?
When Shams was younger, she believed in fairy tales.
Complex Sentence
A sentence that has 1 independent clause and one dependent clause is called?
A Complex Sentence
a clause that is a group of words that contains a subject and verb AND CAN STAND ALONE/ expresses a complete thought.
What is an independent clause?
True or False: Every clause needs a subject AND verb?
True
Is this a dependent or independent clause:
The busy squirrels are storing nuts for the winter.
Independent
What type of sentence is below?
The boy lost his notebook, but he found it just in time for notebook check.
Compound sentence
List all the FANBOYS?
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
A clause that is a group of words that has a subject and a verb but CANNOT stand alone/ does not express a complete thought.
What is a dependent clause?
Identify the subject and verb in the sentence below:
Yesterday the dog barked all night long.
Subject: Dog
Verb: Barked
Is this a dependent or independent clause:
Unless you have the right size.
Dependent
What type of sentence is below?
Anas really enjoyed dinner even though he hates brussel sprouts,
Complex sentence
Words like, because, after, once, before and although are examples of what?
Subordinating Conjunctions
A sentence that consists of just one independent clauses.
A simple sentence is?
Identify the subject and verb in the sentence below: After school yesterday, Kyreal talked to Kaden on the phone.
Subject: Kyreal
Verb: Talked
A dependent clause almost always starts with what?
A subordinating conjunction
What type of sentence is below?
The family ate dinner together last night; they ate some yummy chicken and rice.
Compound sentence
What is another name/ the proper name for the FANBOYS?
Coordinating Conjunction