Complex Sentences

Question 1

Simple sentences

Answer 1

Have more than 1 clause

Question 2

How do you know how many clauses there is in a sentence

Answer 2

The amount of lexical verbs

Question 3

I must’ve left my jumper at school
How many clauses is there in this sentence?

Answer 3

1 clause

Question 4

What is a complex sentence

Answer 4

• have exactly the same grammatical/ functional elements (subject, object etc)as simple sentences
  -however one or more of these functions is realised as a clause rather than a phrase
  -we told him a lie (two objects)

Question 5

Co ordination

Answer 5

Joining of two or more sentences (or phrases) without any one element being dependant from the other = compound sentences

Question 6

Sub co ordination

Answer 6

Where a clause is a constituent part of a larger clause= complex sentences

Question 7

Phrasal co ordination

Answer 7

-joining of two or more phrases (noun phrases), one after the other but without one element being dependant on the other
-Phrasal co ordination doesn’t result in a multi cause utterance

Question 8

Mary works in a bank and john is a driver
What is this an example of

Answer 8

Coordination
Compound sentences

Question 9

We told him that it was raining

Answer 9

Subordination
Complex sentences

Question 10

I saw a jay and a blackbird
What is this an example of

Answer 10

Phrasal co ordination

Question 11

Clausal coordination

Answer 11

-joining of two or more clauses, one after the other but without one element being depending on the other

Question 12

What is this sentence an example of
Mary works in a bank but she doesn’t like it

Answer 12

Clausal coordination

Question 13

What are conjunctions

Answer 13

For
And
Nor
But
Yet
So
Or

Question 14

What is a main clause

Answer 14

Also known as a root/matrix
Can stand on its own

Question 15

Embedded clause

Answer 15

Also called subordinate clause
Is inside another clause

Question 16

What is a relative clause

Answer 16

-usually introduced with who or that
-function as post modifiers to a noun
-can be found in different positions but are placed after the noun they modify

Question 17

The man who called me is my brother
What is this an example of

Answer 17

Subject relative clause

Question 18

She has a son who is a doctor
What is this an example of

Answer 18

Objective relative clause

Question 19

What is a finite clause

Answer 19

Tensed verb ie the verb will change with person or tense
Tense suffixes (eg -ed) modals (could, should, would, might, can etc), auxiliaries (is, have)

Question 20

I think he should go
I wonder if he eats meat
What kind of clauses are these and example of

Answer 20

Finite clause

Question 21

Non finite clauses

Answer 21

-non finite verbs do not reflect person or tense
- the -ed or -ing form

Question 22

They decided to sell the house
Hidden behind the bush, i could not see her
What kind of clauses are these

Answer 22

Non finite