Conjunctions
The shark swam, and the polar bear ate.
What is and?
A compound sentence contains 2 ___________ thoughts.
What is complete?
A compound sentence has an _________ clause and a ______ clause.
What are independent?
A group of words that has a subject and a verb and CAN stand alone.
What is an independent clause?
Although the dog ate his dinner, he still begged at the table.
What is Although?
True or False This is a compound sentence: Jody and Steve ate ice cream.
What is False?
The independent clause in this sentence: The game will be delayed unless it stops raining.
What is "The game will be delayed?"
A group of words that has a subject and a verb and CANNOT stand alone.
What is a dependent clause?
Since I earned an A on my English test, Mom took me out to dinner.
What is Since?
True or False? This is a compound sentence: Soccer is played everywhere; I played soccer in England.
What is True?
The dependent clause in the sentence: While we are learning to jump rope, they are learning to juggle.
What is "While we are learning to jump rope?"
Has two or more independent clauses joined together with a conjunction , and , but , or ;
What is a compound sentence?
We can go to the movies at 9 unless the car won't start.
What is unless?
Fill in the blank: Jason Aldean sang a song last night on tv ______ I didn't get to watch it. Hint: there are 2 parts to the answer
What are , but?
All clauses contain two things.
What are a subject and a predicate?
Has one independent clause and one or more clauses that are joined together with a relative pronoun
What is a complex sentence?
I like to read, but I love to cook.
What is but?
A simple sentence starts with ______and ends with _____
What are a capital Letter and punctuation?
FANBOYS
What are for, and, nor, but, or, yet and so?
so that
whenever
as long as
unless
although
What are subordinating conjunctions?
One complete thought - or an independent clause.
What is a simple sentence?