Sentence Types
This sentence type contains only one independent clause and no independent clauses.
A simple sentence.
This relative pronoun refers to people and is used as a subject.
Who.
Provide the acronym for the Coordinating Conjunctions.
FANBOYS
What is a Subordinating Conjunction?
The word/words that is used to join a Subordinating clause to another clause or sentence.
What are Oronyms?
Phrases that sound the same, but have different meanings (related to Homophones/Homographs)
This type of sentence contains two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction or semicolon.
A compound sentence.
This pronoun refers to things or animals and is used as a subject or object.
Which.
What does the acronym FANBOYS stand for?
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.
What is a Subordinating Clause?
It is part of a sentence that adds additional information to the main clause.
What is their purpose?
To show that we need pauses between words sometimes, in order to emphasize
This sentence contains at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.
What is a complex sentence.
This relative pronoun shows possession.
Whose.
These are pairs like "either...or" or "neither...nor."
Correlative Conjunctions.
This word introduces a reason or a cause in a complex sentence.
Because.
Write the correct sounding phrase:
The stuffy nose can cause a man to go crazy.
The stuff he knows.
Identify the sentence type: "Because she was late, she missed the bus and walked to school."
A complex sentence.
The relative pronoun that introduces a clause giving more information about time, place, or reason.
When, where or why?
This Subordinating Conjunction introduces a conditional clause.
If.
Write the correct sounding phrase:
An ice man walked into the freezer section at the deli.
A nice man.
Provide an example for each sentence type:
Simple - One subject and one verb; Compound - Two subjects/verbs, but uses a coordinating conjunction or a semicolon; Complex - More than one, uses subordinating conjunctions (grammarly table)
Your responses.
This relative pronoun can refer to people or things and is used as an object in restrictive clauses.
That.
The Conjunction in "Not only did she win, ______ she also set a record."
but/but also.
Where can Subordinating Conjunctions go in a sentence?
Provide an example.
They can be used in different places within a sentence. They can go at the start, middle or end of a sentence.
Your responses.
Write the correct sounding phrase:
The fork handles were resting on the table when the lights went out.
Four candles.