Simple Sentences
✔️ True or False? ❌
The following is a Simple Sentence:
The cleaning is done now, all but the floors.
True!
'but' here means 'except'. It does not join two clauses.
✔️ True or False? ❌
The following is a Compound Sentence:
Percy and Lucas went on an adventure together.
False!
'and' is not a Coordinating Conjunction.
'and' joins the subjects 'Percy' and 'Lucas' and forms a Compound Subject
✔️ True or False? ❌
The following is a Complex Sentence:
I met one of my old friends while going to the market.
False!
'while' is not a Subordinate Conjunction!
'I went to buy a cake from the bakery.'
Which type of clause is this?
Main/Independent Clause
Find the odd one out and give reason:
1. I am sure that you will learn these sentences.
2. We stopped by the roadside for lack of food.
3. People ran out after hearing the sound.
I am sure that you will learn these sentences.
Find out the error in this sentence and rectify it:
Paula is excited to start college, for she is nervous.
Paula is excited to start college, yet she is nervous.
⭐DOUBLE JEOPARDY⭐
Name any 3 conjunctions of contrast/contradiction that can be used in a Complex Sentence.
though
although
even though
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.
although we just met
(The rest of the sentence is compound with a semi-colon instead of a comma or a conjunction.)
Classify the following as a Clause or a Phrase:
1. my cousin in Dalhousie
2. he released a new song
3. he sounds bored
4. under the hot sun
5. she was waiting by the café
1. phrase
2. clause
3. clause
4. phrase
5. clause
What is the structure of a Compound Sentence?
At least two Main Clauses joined using a conjunction
Name 5 Relative Pronouns that can be used as Conjunctions in a Complex Sentence.
who
which
that
when
where
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 were two, and we have attended school together since we were five.
Dependent Clauses:
1. if I'm totally honest
2. because we have lived next door to each other since we were two
Independent Clauses:
1. Josie and I are inseparable
2. we have attended school together since we were five.