Grammar 8.1
When his mom gave him money.
Is this a Independent Clause or Dependent Clause
Dependent Clause
"My Grandma, I call her Grammy, baked us some cookies!"
Is this an Essential or Nonessential Adjective Clause?
Nonessential.
Adverb clauses are like what?
Subordinating clauses.
When do Noun clauses come in a sentence?
Anywhere in the sentence.
How many different types of sentence structures is there?
4
Are dependent clauses good by their own?
No, they need another sentence to support them.
When a Adjective clause is essential is it set off from the sentence with commas, or is it put in the sentence without commas?
Put in without commas.
Adverb clauses modifies what?
verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
What do Noun clauses function as?
Nouns.
What's the difference between a complex sentence and a Compound-Complex sentence?
A complex sentence has one independent clause and at least one subordinate clause.
A compound-complex sentence has two or more independent clauses and at least one subordinate clause.
Compound sentences are when you combine two sentences into one. What are the words called to combine two sentences?
Ex: and, or, but.
Conjunctions.
An adjective clause is a what?
A subordinate clause that functions as an adjective.
Elliptical adverb clauses might have words that are what?
omitted.
Object of the Preposition.
What does a simple sentence have?
One independent clause and no subordinate or dependent clauses
"Shelly and I went down to the riverbank, and on the way there we bumped into another friend."
Spot the Conjunction/Where you see the connection. What is it connecting?
and. The two sentences.
What does adjective clauses modify?
A noun or pronoun.
What's the difference between an Adjective clause and an Elliptical adverb clause?
Words are omitted in Elliptical adverb clauses
Noun clauses can have what?
modifiers, phrases, and compliments.
Maria, who lived from 1766 to 1843, created a writing system, and she taught it to other Cherokee.
Is this Complex, Compound-Complex, or Simple?
Compound-Complex.
Independent clauses are what make up sentences. What do you need to make up a Independent Clause?
A subject and a verb.
What is the difference between essential and Nonessential Adjective clauses?
One is apart of the sentence, one is put off with commas.
What signals the start of an adverb clause?
Ex: as, after, if, since.
Subordinating conjunctions
What is all the ways a Noun clause can function as?
subject, Predicate Nominative, a Direct Object, an Indirect Object, and an Object of the Preposition.
What are all 4 of the different type of sentence structures called?
simple sentence, compound sentence, complex sentence, and compound-complex.