Sentence Types: Structure
What type of sentence contains only one independent clause?
Answer: What is a simple sentence?
What kind of sentence makes a statement and ends with a period?
Answer: What is a declarative sentence?
What type of phrase renames a noun and is often set off by commas?
Answer: What is an appositive phrase?
What is an independent clause?
Answer: What is a clause that can stand alone as a sentence?
What type of PHRASE is this?
He plans to see a movie. (to see a movie)
Infinitive phrase
Identify the type of sentence structure that consists of two independent clauses joined by a conjunction.
Answer: What is a compound sentence?
Which type of sentence gives a command and often starts with an action verb?
Answer: What is an imperative sentence?
Identify the phrase that begins with a verb ending in -ing and functions as a noun.
Answer: What is a gerund phrase?
What is a dependent clause?
Answer: What is a clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence?
What type of PHRASE is this sentence?
This is a grammar lesson. (grammar lesson)
Noun Phrase
What kind of sentence has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause?
Answer: What is a complex sentence?
What type of sentence asks a question and ends with a question mark?
Answer: What is an interrogative sentence?
What kind of phrase begins with "to" followed by the base form of a verb?
Answer: What is an infinitive phrase?
Identify the type of conjunction that commonly introduce dependent clauses or link a dependent clause
Answer: What are subordinating conjunctions?
Identify the independent clause:
Although it was raining, we still played outside.
We still played outside
What is the term for a sentence that contains at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses?
Answer: What is a compound-complex sentence?
Identify the type of sentence that expresses strong emotion and ends with an exclamation mark.
Answer: What is an exclamatory sentence?
Name the phrase that begins with a preposition and includes the object of the preposition.
Answer: What is a prepositional phrase?
Explain the difference between an independent clause and a dependent clause.
Answer: Independent clauses can stand alone as sentences, while dependent clauses cannot
Identify the dependent clause:
While he waited at the train station, Joe realized that the train was late.
While he waited at the train station
What type of conjunction is used to link two
independent clauses?
coordinating conjunctions
What type of conjunction is used in this sentence?
She studied hard because she wanted to pass the test.
Subordinating conjunction