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Sentence types

Phrases, Clauses, and sentences

TermDefinition
Compound Verb A subject doing two or more actions: Jack and Jill went up the hill and fetched a pail of water.
Compound Subject A subject with two people or things: Jack and Jill went up the hill.
Independent Clause A clause that can stand on its own:I like ie cream.
Relative Clause A dependent clause that begins with a relative pronoun: that, which, who, whomever.
Subordinate Clause A dependent clause that begins with a subordinating conjunction: ABBI SAW A WUWU.
Clause A group of words that contains its own subject and verb. Sometimes a clause can stand on its own: I like ice cream. Sometimes it can't: If I like Ice cream.
Appositive Phrase A noun phrase the renames a noun: The soldier, an ex-marine.
ABBI SAW A WUWU As, because, because, if, since, after, while, although, when, until, where, unless.
Dependent Clause Cant stand on its own: Since I like ice cream.
Simple Sentence Contains one independent clause.
FANBOYS For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.
Phrase Group of words that doesn't contain its own subject and verb:down the street, eating ice cream, after dark.
Complex Sentence One independent clause plus one or more dependent clauses (relative or subordinate).
Prepositional Phrase Starts with a preposition: over the river, through the woods, to grandmothers house.
Participle Phrase Starts with an ing word: walking down the hall, I noticed a line at the bubbler.
Predicate Starts with what the subject is doing (verb). Sometimes obvioous like with an action verb: "swim, dance" but not always, such as with the verbs "is, has".
Compound-Complex Sentence Two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.
Subject What or who the sentence is mainly about. Usually in the beginning of the sentence to the left of the verb.
Comma Splice When the sentence uses a comma incorrectly and instead needs a period or semicolon.
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