Clauses
Four Kinds of Sentence Structure
Subject Verb
100
A group of words that contains a verb and its subject.
What is a clause?
100
Simple, Compound, Complex and Compound-Complex
What are the four kinds of sentence structure.
100
What the sentence is about.
What is a subject?
200
Another name for an independent clause
What is a main clause?
200
Sentence structure that consists of one independent clause.
What is a compound sentence?
200
A word that shows action, commonly seen paired with the subject of the sentence.
What is a verb?
300
Another name for a dependent clause
What is a subordinate clause?
300
Sentence structure that consists of two or more independent clauses joined by a comma and coordinating conjunction.
What is a simple sentence?
400
Expresses a complete thought and can stand alone.
What is an independent clause?
400
Sentence that consists of one independent clause, and one or more subordinate or dependent clauses
What is a complex sentence?
500
Begins with special introductory clause and is not a complete thought.
What is a dependent clause?
500
Sentence that consists of two or more independent clauses and one or more subordinate clauses.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
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