A compound sentence has an _________ clause and a ______ clause.
independent and independent
A compound/complex sentence contains 1 ________ clause and 2 __________ clauses.
1 dependent clause
2 independent clauses
Although the dog ate his dinner, he still begged at the table.
Although
T/F This is a simple sentence: Mom and Dad went home while I stayed at the mall.
False -- Complex Sentence
True or False This is a compound sentence: Jody and Steve ate ice cream.
False -- It's a simple sentence.
What is the independent clause in this sentence? The game will be delayed unless it stops raining.
The game will be delayed
True or False Compound/Complex sentence
Even though we lost the game, we still won our division.
True
Since I earned an A on my English test, Mom took me out to dinner.
Since
Do simple sentences have conjunctions?
No.
True or False? This is a compound sentence: Soccer is played everywhere, and I played soccer in England.
True
What is the dependent clause in the sentence? While we are learning to jump rope, they are learning to juggle.
While we are learning to jump rope
True or False This is a compound/complex sentence.
Although it was hot, I was cool under the tree.
False. It does not contain 2 independent clauses
We can go to the movies at 9 unless the car won't start.
unless
True or False? and, but, or, ; all can be found in a simple sentence.
False
Fill in the blank: Jason Aldean sang a song last night on tv ______ I didn't get to watch it. Hint: there are 2 parts to the answer
, but
Both an independent clause and a dependent clause contain two things. What are they?
a subject and a predicate
How many commas in a compound/complex sentence?
2 - 1 after the dependent clause and 1 before the coordinating conjunction
What always starts a simple sentence and ends a simple sentence? Hint: 2 answers
Capital Letter and Punctuation!
What are four of the 7 conjunctions that can be found in a compound sentence? Hint: Remember what always joins a conjunction
for , and , nor , but , or , yet , so
List 3 subordinating conjunctions
Answers will vary but must be subordinating conjunctions
Although, while, because, until, even though
True or False This is a compound/complex sentence.
Because the air conditioning was not working, the classroom was hot and muggy.
False - does not have 2 independent clauses