What Sentence Type?
My mom likes to garden, so I bought her some seed packets.
Compound
Ryan, who became famous, drives an Aston Martin.
Adjective clause
Explain what type of punctuation is missing and where the punctuation should go in the following sentence: Muriel bought fifty rubber ducks for her grandson Max she delivered them to him during class.
semicolon after "Max"
Muriel bought fifty rubber ducks for her grandson Max; she delivered them to him during class.
Is the underlined portion a phrase or a clause? (Bonus if you can identify the type.)
Despite all odds, Soren won the wrasslin' tournament.
phrase
prepositional
Write an example of a simple sentence that contains a gerund phrase.
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Example: My dad taught me about finding mushrooms.
Despite his allergy to tomatoes, Braxton ate seven tomatoes, and his mother had to take him to the emergency room.
Compound-complex
What Lincoln finds interesting about fish is their ability to become food.
Noun clause
Explain what type of punctuation is missing and where the punctuation should go in the following sentence: After he met his idol Playboi Carti Harshaan felt disappointed that he forgot to show the rapper his cool rock collection.
comma after "Carti"
After he met his idol Playboi Carti, Harshaan felt disappointed that he forgot to show the rapper his cool rock collection.
Is the underlined portion a phrase or a clause? (Bonus if you can identify the type.)
Something that I learned is that Noah likes to reflect on life.
Clause
Noun (predicate noun)
Write an example of a compound sentence with a semicolon.
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Example: I like The Office; I'll name my future child "Creed Stratton."
Dakota found a spider in his shoe and befriended it.
Simple
Joel leaned pretty far back in his chair while he pretended not to look at Braxton's iPad.
Adverb clause
Explain what type of punctuation is missing and where the punctuation should go in the following sentence: Carson who knows a thing or two about books confirmed that Into the Wild was a book.
after "Carson" and after "books"
Carson, who knows a thing or two about books, confirmed that Into the Wild was a book.
Is the underlined portion a phrase or a clause? (Bonus if you can identify the type.)
Dashel enjoys finding peace in the midst of chaos.
Phrase
Gerund
Write an example of a complex sentence that contains a relative clause.
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Example: Whoever ate the last cookie is a villain.
We all love to eat cheese; I add extra to frozen pizzas.
Compound
The man in a sheep costume, who turned out to be Mike Smith from The Harbor, had a nervous breakdown.
Adjective clause
Explain what type of punctuation is missing and where the punctuation should go in the following sentence: Although the exact details were still unclear what we discovered was that Maddux had eaten Thomas's soup and Thomas would never forgive him.
comma after "unclear" and "soup"
Although the exact details were still unclear, what we discovered was that Maddux had eaten Thomas's soup, and Thomas would never forgive him.
Is the underlined portion a phrase or a clause? (Bonus if you can identify the type.)
Even though she would never admit it, Stephanie enjoyed group activities.
Clause
Adverbial - it modifies her enjoyment
Write an example of a compound-complex sentence that ends with a dependent clause
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Example: Mark bought a sandwich; he ate it so fast that his stomach exploded.
Check out the cool bread that Sam made.
Complex
Noun clause
Explain what type of punctuation is missing and where the punctuation should go in the following sentence: The ice cream which was plain vanilla melted in Lukas's pocket after he put it there for safekeeping he ate it anyway.
comma after "ice cream" and after "vanilla"; semicolon after "safekeeping"
The ice cream, which was plain vanilla, melted in Lukas's pocket after he put it there for safekeeping; he ate it anyway.
Is the underlined portion a phrase or a clause? (Bonus if you can identify the type.)
After talking to each person for a while, Dubblin learned their names.
Phrase
Prepositional (because a gerund follows a preposition)
Write an example of a compound-complex sentence that uses a relative clause and a semicolon.
(Answers will vary)
Example: Mabel, who works at Walmart, bought some chickens; she pulled a Braxton and fed them to each other.