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What type of clauses make up a compound sentence?
What are two independent clauses.
100
What two clauses make up a complex sentence?
What are an independent clause and a dependent clause.
100
What is an independent clause?
What is a group of words that contain a subject and a predicate and can stand alone.
100
When a dependent clause is first in a complex sentence, what punctuation mark goes after the dependent clause?
What is a comma.
200
Is this a simple sentence: Jenn and Sally went to the park.
What is Yes
200
What are the conjunctions that join a compound sentence?
What are for, and, nor, but, or, yet so
200
Do both an independent and dependent clauses contain subjects and predicates?
What is yes.
200
What is a dependent clause?
What is a group of words that contain a subject and a predicate, but they can not stand alone.
200
When a dependent clause comes at the end of a sentence, what punctuation mark separates it from the rest of the sentence.
What is none; there is no comma used when the dependent clasue is at the end of a complex sentence.
300
What is the verb in this sentence: Mary is going to the park.
What is ...is going.
300
What punctuation mark can be used to make a compound sentence?
What is a semicolon.
300
What is the memory device to help you remember subordinating conjunctions?
What is AWUBIS.
300
What is the subject of a sentnce?
What is who or what the sentence is about.
300
What punctuation mark needs to be added in this sentence: She was hungry; consequently she made herself a sandwich.
What is a comma needs to be added after the word consequently.
400
What is the subject in this sentence: He will try to complete the mission.
What is he.
400
Where does a comma go when joining two compound sentences with a conjunction?
What is always before the conjunction.
400
Is this an example of a complex sentence: I went home;therefore, I relaxed.
What is no; it is a compound sentence.
400
What does a linking verb do?
What is connect one part of a sentence to another.
400
What punctuation mark is always used with a conjunction in a compound sentence?
What is a comma.
500
What is another name for a simple sentence?
What is an independent clause.
500
What are the three ways a compound sentence can be made?
What is a comma and a conjunction, a semicolon or a semicolon , a connecting word and a comma.
500
Is this an example of a complex sentence: Since I am tired, I will go to sleep.
What is yes.
500
What is a clause?
What is a group of words that contain a subject and a predicate.
500
Where is a semicolon needed in this sentence: The marching band performed during halftime it was spectacular!
What is between the words halftime and it.