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Sentence Types
Phrases, Clauses, and Sentences
Term | Definition |
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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 or people or things, |
Independent Clause | A clause that can stand on its own: I like ice cream. |
Relative Clause | A dependent clause that beings with a relative pronoun: that, which who, whomever etc. |
Subordinate Clause | A dependent clause that beings with subordinating conjunction: although, if, since, ect. |
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 that renames a noun Te soldier, an ex-marine... |
ABBISAWAWUWU | as, because,before, if, since, after, while, although, when until, where, unless |
Dependent Clause | Can't stand on its: 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 won subject and verb: down the street, eating ice cream, after dark. |
Complex Sentence | One independence clause plus one or more dependent clause (relative or subordinate) |
Prepositional Phrase | Starts with a preposition: over the river, through the woods, to grandmother's house. |
Participle Phrase | Stars with an ing word: Walking down the hall, I notice a line at the bubbler. |
Predicate | Starts with what the subject is doing (verb). Sometimes obvious like with an action verb: "Swim, dance" but not always, such as with the verbs "is" or "has" |
Compound-Complex Sentence | Two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause |
Compound Sentence | Two independent clauses joined by a fanboy or semicolon. |
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 a semicolon. |