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Sentences
English study notes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a clause? | A clause is a sentence that has both a subject and a predicate. |
| List two types of clauses. | Independent and dependent. |
| What in an independent clause? | Has both a subject and a predicate and completes a thought. |
| What is a dependent clause? | Has both a subject and a predicate but does not complete a thought. |
| List three common subordinators. | Although, if, while, which. |
| Example of an independent clause: | Sue ate a piece of candy. |
| Example of a dependent clause: | When Sue ate a piece of candy, |
| What is a phrase? | A phrase is a group of words that NEVER have a noun/verb pair together. |
| Give three examples of a prepositional phrase: | Around the corner, in the desk, At Goody's. |
| Give three examples of a present participle phrase: | Tired of his arguing, delighted by the surprise, eating an ice cream cone. |
| Define simple sentence. | A simple sentence can have many subjects/ predicates, but only completes one thought. It has just one independent clause! |
| Example of a simple sentence with a phrase: | John went to the park. |
| Example of a simple sentence with compound predicates: | Hanah, Jordan, and Annabelle went for a very long walk in the crowded and loud park. |
| Define compound sentence. | A compound sentence has two or more independent clauses and is joined by a FANBOYS. Unless it is a very short compound sentence. |
| Example of a compound sentence: | I like a big slice of apple pie, and I also enjoy a scoop of ice cream. OR I like pie and I also enjoy ice cream. |
| List FANBOYS: | For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. |
| Define complex sentence. | A dependent clause has both a subject and predicate but does not express a complete though and cannot stand alone as a sentence. |
| What is another name of a dependent clause? | Subordinate clause. |
| Example of complex sentence-dependent clause first: | Dependent clause + independent clause = comma |
| Example of complex sentence-independent clause first: | Independent clause + dependent clause = no comma |
| What is a fragment sentence? | A fragment sentence is a part of a sentence that is written as if it were a completes sentence. |
| Example of a fragment sentence missing predicate: | The students on Rolling Thunder. |
| Example of a fragment sentence missing subject: | Jumping off tables in the cafeteria. |
| What is a run-on sentence? | A run-on sentence is two or more sentences written as though it were a single sentence. |
| Example of a run on: | I love to ski, the runs at Bogus, are amazing! |
| List three ways to fix a run-on sentence: | Add a period. Add a semi-colon, or create a compound sentence. |
| List two types of phrases: | Prepositional and Participle Phrase |
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Hanah J
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