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100
This type of sentence is one independent clause standing alone.
What is a simple sentence?
100
A complex sentence contains these types of clauses.
What are one independent (main) clause and one or more dependent (subordinate) clause.
100
A compound-complex sentence contains this.
What are two or more independent (main) clauses and one or more dependent (subordinate) clauses.
100
A fragment does not express ______.
What is a complete thought?
100
The sentence "The books are on the shelf that is painted red" is this type of sentence.
What is complex?
200

This can be used to join two independent clauses in a compound sentence.

What is a comma followed by a coordinating conjunction?



OR




What is a semicolon?

200

The italicized clause in the sentence below is this type of clause.


I washed the dishes while my mother did the laundry.

What is a dependent (subordinate) clause?
200

This is the dependent (subordinate) clause in the sentence, "Kate does not like cartoons because they are loud, so she does not watch them."

What is "because they are loud?"

200
Correct this run on sentence:


"I have to go to the store I need to buy milk."

"I have to go to the store because I need to buy milk."
200
The sentence "I threw the ball, and it hit Tom, but he did not get hurt" is this type of sentence.
What is compound?
300
The sentence, "Jeff will have Italian for dinner, or he will have Mexican" is this type of sentence.
What is a compound sentence?
300

This is the subordinating conjunction in the sentence, "We went to the grocery store so that we could cook dinner."

What is so that?
300
This is one of the independent (main) clauses in the sentence, "It was raining, so I did not go to the beach even though I wanted to."
What is "it was raining" 


OR


What is "I did not go to the beach."

300
This is the problem with the sentence, "We are going to the game, then we are going to dinner."
What is a comma splice?
300
The sentence "While my brother watched TV, I cleaned the house so that my mother would be happy" is this type of sentence.
What is complex?
400
The sentence, "I walked on the dock by the beach in the summer" is this type of sentence.
What is a simple sentence?
400
This is the dependent (subordinate) clause in the sentence below.


"Brittney was upset that she could not focus on her homework."

What is "that she could not focus on her homework"?
400
The independent clauses in the sentence, "When I go to the beach, I like to lay in the sun, but I also like to swim in the ocean when it is really hot."
What are "I like to lay in the sun," and "I also like to swim in the ocean."
400
This is the problem with the following group of sentences: "Recycling should be mandatory. So that we can save the environment."
"So that we can save the environment" is a fragment.
400
These two types of words are always found in dependent clauses.
What are relative pronouns or subordinating conjunctions?
500
The sentence, "I wanted ice cream, but I do not like strawberry, nor do I like chocolate" is this type of sentence.
What is a compound sentence?
500
This is the independent (main) clause in the sentence, "My brother, while walking the dog, talked to his best friend on the phone."
What is "My brother talked to his best friend on the phone?"
500

The dependent clauses in the sentence, "While the students took the quiz, they were not allowed to talk to their neighbors, but they were allowed to use their notes if they were on an index card."

What is "while the students took the quiz" and "if they were on an index card."

500
Fix this sentence: "We sat in the classroom and we talked for hours."
"We sat in the classroom, and we talked for hours."


There needs to be a comma before the coordinating conjunction.

500

Combine these phrases to create a compound-complex sentence.

I went to the ice cream shop.
I wanted a sundae.
It was closed.
I went to the bakery.

I went to the ice cream shop because I wanted a sundae, but it was closed, so I went to the bakery.