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Grammar
Types of Sentences
Simple sentences
Compound sentences
Complex sentences
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What is the verb in this sentence: The bell rang for school to start.
rang
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What type of sentence is the following: I have plans this weekend.
Declarative
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(True or false)The following is a simple sentence: She drove me home last night.
True
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(True or False)The following is a compound sentence: Peter Pan is a play, but a movie also.
False
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A complex sentence has a ________ clause and a _________ clause.
independent and dependent
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What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence? I went to the store last night.
to the store
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How do you know a sentence is interrogative?
It asks a question.
200
(True or False) The following is a simple sentence: The cat and dog slept together.
True
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What are the three conjunctions used in a compound sentence?
and, but, or
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What is a dependent clause?
a part of the sentence that cannot stand alone.
300
What does a pronoun do?
Takes the place of a noun in a sentence.
300
What type of sentence is this: Study for your test tomorrow.
Imperative
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True or False: Do simple sentences have conjunctions?
False
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What is the definition of a compound sentence?
Two or more independent clauses (simple sentences) joined with a conjunction.
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What is the dependent clause in this sentence: While we shopped, my sister waited in the car.
While we shopped.
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What are the three conjunctions?
and, but, or
400
(True or False) The following is an imperative sentence: We need to go home.
False
400
True or False: and, but, or can be found in a simple sentence
False
400
Fill in the blank: A compound sentence contains 2 ________ clauses.
Independent
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What is dependent clause in this sentence? We were late for school because of the bus.
because of the bus.
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What are two things a sentence must have?
First letter capitalized, punctuation at the end (period, question mark, exclamation point)
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How do you know the difference between imperative and declarative?
Declarative makes a statement, Imperative gives a command.
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What always starts a simple sentence and ends a simple sentence? (2 answers)
Capital letter and punctuation (period, question mark or exclamation point)
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When writing a compound sentence, what comes before the conjunction?
a comma
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When you start a complex sentence with the dependent clause, what must you use to separate it from the independent clause?
a comman