A compound sentence contains 2 ___________ clauses. Fill in the blank
main
A complex sentence has an _________ clause and a ______ clause.
main and subordinate
What is an main clause?
A group of words that has a subject and a verb and CAN stand alone.
What is the main clause in this sentence? The game will be delayed unless it stops raining.
The game will be delayed
What is a subordinate clause?
A group of words that has a subject and a verb and CANNOT stand alone.
What is the subordinate clause in the sentence? While we are learning to jump rope, they are learning to juggle.
While we are learning to jump rope
What is a compound sentence?
Has two or more main clauses joined together with a conjunction , and , but , or , for, yet, so, nor
Both a main clause and a subordinate clause appear in which sentence?
complex
What is a complex sentence?
Has one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses that are joined together with a subordinating conjunction.
What is a simple sentence?
1 complete thought - or one main clause.