Grammar
This type of sentence contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
Answer:
What is a complex sentence?
What is a complex sentence?
This type of sentence contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
This happens when two independent clauses are joined with no punctuation or conjunction.
What is a run-on sentence?
Elephants in their teenage phase often display these daring behaviors, much like young human males driving too fast.
What is “low‑judgment, high‑risk actions” like raiding crops and getting speared?
This region of the brain becomes more influential during adolescence, resulting in more intense emotion.
What is the limbic system or amygdala?
This sentence contains two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction.
What is a compound sentence?
What is a compound-complex sentence?
This sentence type includes at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
This type of incomplete sentence is missing a subject, a verb, or a complete thought.
What is a sentence fragment?
In an experiment cited, this species drank more alcohol when in the presence of peers, paralleling human teen behavior.
What are adolescent mice?
Teens often misread neutral expressions as emotional because this part of their brain is extra reactive.
What is the amygdala?
This type of word often begins a dependent clause in a complex sentence. Examples: although, since, if.
What is a subordinating conjunction?
Identify the sentence type:
"She didn’t go to the party because she was sick."
What is a complex sentence?
Is this a run-on or a sentence fragment?
"I love reading I go to the library often."
What is a run-on sentence?
According to the article, adolescent animals including dolphins often travel in these social groups during their teen phase.
What are “small gangs” or “battalions”?
This neurotransmitter spikes dramatically with novelty, fueling teens’ drive for new experiences.
What is dopamine?
What type of sentence is this?
"Although I was tired, I finished my homework, and I went to bed."
What is a compound-complex sentence?
The clause “She smiled” in the sentence “She smiled when she saw the dog” is what?
What is an independent clause?
Fix this run-on: “She enjoys music she listens to it every day.”
What is: “She enjoys music, and she listens to it every day”?
The authors claim teen-like risk behavior in animals helps them learn this valuable skill for adulthood.
What is gathering information for future safety?
During the teen years, adolescences start turning to this group for support instead of just their parents.
What are peer groups?
Name all the coordinating conjunctions using this popular acronym.
What is FANBOYS? (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So)
Turn this simple sentence into a compound-complex one: “The team practiced.”
What is: “Although it was raining, the team practiced, and they prepared for the big game”?
Fix this fragment: “When the movie ended.”
What is: “When the movie ended, we went out for dinner”?
This researcher observed that adolescent mice drank more only under this condition.
What is “in the presence of peers”?
According to Siegel, teens start focusing more on their friends because it helps them get ready for this big life change.
What is becoming more independent or leaving home?