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Sentences

Notes on the sentence structure

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What is a clause???? It has both a subject and a predicate
List two types of clauses Independent and dependent
What is an independent clause Has both a subject and a predicate, completes a thought
What is a dependent clause Has both a subject and a predicate but doesn't complete a thought
List three common subordinators While, When, If
Example of an independent clause John walked down the street
Example of a dependent clause While John walked down the street,
What is a phrase???????????? A group of words that never have a noun/verb pair together
List two types of phrases Prepositional phrase and Participle phrase
Give three examples of a prepositional phrase Behind the tree, around the corner, under the table
Give three examples of a participle phrase Running in the hallway, jumping on the trampoline, tired of his arguing
Define a simple sentence It may have many subjects and predicates but completes ONE thought
Example of a simple sentence with a phrase Eating an ice cream cone, John choked.
Example of a simple sentence with compound predicates John ate a burger and drove to work.
Define a compound sentence A sentence that has two or more independent clauses and is joined by a FANBOYS
List FANBOYS For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Example of a complex sentence - dependent clause first Because I ate the donut, I threw up
Example of a complex sentence - independent clause first I died, because i jumped off the cliff
What is a fragment sentence??? Part of a sentence
Example of a fragment sentence missing predicate The people who live in Idaho.
Example of a fragment sentence missing subject Jumping on the trampoline
What is a run-on sentence Two or more sentences written as if it were one
Example of a run-on I love to ski, the runs at bogus are amazing
List three ways to fix a sentence add a period, create a compound sentence, or add a semicolon
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