CONJUNCTIONS
SIMPLE
COMPOUND
COMPLEX
COMPOUND-COMPLEX
100
____________ conjunctions join two independent clauses to create compound sentences.
What is "COORDINATING"?
100
A simple sentence is also known as an _____________ clause.
What is "INDEPENDENT"?
100
Compound sentences contain two independent clauses joined by a _____________ conjunction.
What is "COORDINATING"?
100
Complex sentences combine an independent clause and at least one ______________ clause.
What is "DEPENDENT"?
100
A compound-complex sentence contains at least ___________ independent clauses as well as one or more dependent clauses.
What is "TWO"? (Think of compound-complex sentences as compound sentences with any number of dependent clauses thrown in the mix)
200
___________ conjunctions signal a dependent clause and appear in complex and compound-complex sentences.
What is "SUBORDINATING"?
200
Every simple sentence must have two main ingredients, a _____________ and a _____________.
What is a "SUBJECT" and a "PREDICATE"?
200
T/F Compound sentences always contain a comma before the coordinating conjunction.
What is "TRUE"?
200
The acronym "AAAWWUBBIS" helps us remember the following common subordinating conjunctions:
What are "AFTER, ALTHOUGH, AS, WHEN, WHILE, UNTIL, BECAUSE, BEFORE, IF, SINCE"
200
T/F Compound-complex sentences contain both subordinating and coordinating conjunctions unless a semi-colon replaces the coordinating conjunction.
What is "TRUE"? (Since they contain multiple independent clauses and and at least one dependent clause, they would contain FANBOYS and at least one signaling AAAWWUBBIS word.)
300
___________ is an acronym to help us remember 7 common coordinating conjunctions.
What is "FANBOYS"?
300
T/F Simple sentences do not contain commas.
What is "FALSE"? (A simple sentence might contain commas in the case of listing, for example).
300
If you don't want to use a coordinating conjunction, you can combine two independent clauses with a ____________.
What is a "SEMI-COLON"?
300
T/F The following is a complex sentence: We went shopping because we were out of bread.
What is "TRUE"? ("We went shopping" is an independent clause, and "because we were out of bread" is a dependent clause)
300
In the following sentence, identify the dependent clause(s): We went the the movie because we were bored, but we left early because the movie was stupid.
What is "BECAUSE WE WERE BORED" and "BECAUSE THE MOVIE WAS STUPID"?
400
_______________ is an acronym to help us remember 10 common subordinating conjunctions.
What is "AAAWWUBBIS"?
400
T/F The following is a simple sentence: John mowed the lawn while we drank lemonade.
What is "FALSE"? This is a complex sentence because "while we drank lemonade" is a dependent clause.
400
T/F The following is a compound sentence: Jill was running late to school, but she still stopped at Starbucks for a latte.
What is "TRUE"?
400
T/F The following is a complex sentence: We were out of bread, so we decided to go shopping.
What is "FALSE"? ("So" is a coordinating conjunction -- one of the FANBOYS -- which signals an independent clause)
400
Identify the dependent clause(s) in the following sentence: Although we just met, I think we will get along fabulously; after all, we have so much in common.
What is "Although we just met"? (The rest of the sentence is compound with a semi-colon instead of a comma and conjunction.)
500
T/F Commas are required before both subordinating and coordinating conjunctions.
What is "FALSE"? (A comma does not precede a subordinating conjunction, but it does come after a dependent clause if an independent clause follows.)
500
T/F The following is a simple sentence: George and Suzanne went shopping, bowling and to the movies after lunch.
What is "FALSE"? (Although there is a comma and the conjunctions "and" and "after," there is only one independent clause in this sentence.)
500
T/F The following is a compound sentence: Because school is out early on Tuesdays, we often go skating.
What is "FALSE"? (This is an example of a complex sentence because "Because school is out early on Tuesdays" is a dependent clause.)
500
Locate the dependent clauses in the following sentence: After school was out, we went to the store because we were needing snacks since we were planning to watch a party.
What are: "AFTER SCHOOL WAS OUT," "BECAUSE WE WERE NEEDING SNACKS," and "SINCE WE WERE PLANNING TO WATCH A PARTY." (Only "After school was out" is independent)
500
Identify the dependent and independent clauses in this sentence: If I'm totally honest, Josie and I are inseparable because we have lived next door to each other since we two, and we have attended school together since we were five.
Dependent clauses include: "IF I'M TOTALLY HONEST," "BECAUSE WE HAVE LIVED NEXT DOOR TO EACH OTHER," "SINCE WE WERE TWO," and "SINCE WE WERE FIVE." Independent clauses include: "JOSIE AND I ARE INSEPARABLE," and "AND WE HAVVE ATTENDED SCHOOL TOGETHER."
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