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Sentence Structure
vocabulary and examples
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| has one independent clause | simple |
| has 2 or more independent clauses | compound |
| has one independent clause and at lease one dependent clause | complex |
| has at least one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | compound-complex |
| a group of words with a subject/verb pair that makes sense by itself | independent clause |
| a group of words that has a subject/verb pair, but does not make sense without another clause | dependent |
| The girl is my friend. | simple |
| I called my mom, and she said she would take us to the mall. | compound |
| Jack was running when he fell down on the grass. | complex |
| I will go to school in the morning. | simple |
| Uncle Kenny was jumping and screaming when he won the lottery. | complex |
| After I rode my bike, I went home to rest. | complex |
| I will call you tonight, or you can call me. | compound |
| We can eat pizza, or we can cook burgers when grandma comes to visit. | compound-complex |
| Jen yelled loudly at the end of the movie. | simple |