ENG Grammar Sentences

Question 1

CLAUSE main

Answer 1

group of word that contain a subject and a predicate AKA “independent clause”

Question 2

CLAUSE subordinate

Answer 2

group of words that contains a subject and predicate but does not stand alone. introduced by a subordinating conjunction

Question 3

SENTENCE simple

Answer 3

ONE subject and predicate

Question 4

SENTENCE compound

Answer 4

two or more simple sentences

Question 5

SENTENCE complex

Answer 5

has a main clause and one or more subordinate clauses

Question 6

SENTENCE compound-complex

Answer 6

more than one main clause and one or more subordinating clauses

Question 7

fragments

Answer 7

lack a subject, predicate, or both. might also be a subordinate phrase that can’t stand alone

Question 8

run-on

Answer 8

comma splice: a comma is there rather than a conj, semicolon, or period. when two main clauses are separated by a comma rather than a semicolon or period. no comma before a conjunction