What are the two parts that make up a simple sentence?
A subject and a verb.
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What do "initial placement", "medial placement" and "final placement refer to?
Where the dependent clause is in a complex sentence
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What is a verb?
An action word.
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What does a dependent clause begin with, no matter what?
A dependent marker word
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I runs to the store. Do the subject a verb agree in this sentence?
No. I is singular, runs is plural.
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Identify the subject and verb in the following sentence: The girl walked quickly down the sidewalk.
Subject - Girl; Verb - walked
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In medial placement, the dependent clause or phrase goes between the ______________ and the _____________ of the independent clause.
subject and verb
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What is an adverb?
A word that describes a verb.
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What two parts make up a participial phrase?
An "ing" verb and a prepositional phrase
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What's a preposition?
A word that relates two nouns
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What does FANBOYS stand for and what types of words are these?
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So; Coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS)
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Big and tall, the giant, after he had dinner, walked to the store, thinking about the food he would buy at home. What placement(s) is in this complex sentence?
Initial, medial, and final
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What is a participle?
A verb that ends in "ing"
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His arm running into the open locker, the student screamed in pain. What type of phrase is this?
An absolute phrase
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Write an example of a complex sentence with medial and final placement. You may choose the types of phrases, but there must be two different types.
Answers vary
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What is a compound sentence?
Two independent clauses joined by a FANBOYS and a comma
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What is different about a dependent clause in the final placement from all other complex sentences?
You do not need a comma to separate the dependent and independent clauses
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Where do you need commas in compound and complex sentences?
Between clauses
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What is the difference between a participial phrase and an absolute phrase?
A participial phrase has an "ing" verb and a prepositional phrase; an absolute phrase has a noun + an "ing" verb + a prepositional phrase.
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Write a complex sentence with a participial phrase in the initial placement, an adverb phrase in the medial placement, and an absolute phrase in the final placement.
Answers will vary.
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What is a complex sentence?
An independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
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Walking into class, the desk fell over. What type of phrase is in this complex sentence and what about it makes then sentence not make sense?
Participial phrase; the desk is walking.
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Define prepositional phrase
A phrase that relates one noun to another and includes specifics of location
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What is an appositive phrase?
A noun phrase that re-defines the subject of the independent clause.