English test Flashcards
What’s a simple subject?
The Simple Subject is the main word in the complete subject. It is always a noun or pronoun. Sometimes, the simple subject is also the complete subject.
(a person place or thing)
What’s a Complete Subject
The Complete Subject includes all words that tell Who or What the subject is.
whats a simple predicate
The simple predicate is the complete verb within the complete predicate.
what’s a complete predicate
The complete predicate includes all the words that tell what happened in the sentence.
what’s an independent clause
The complete predicate includes all the words that tell what happened in the sentence.
what’s an dependent clause
a dependent clause contains a subject and a predicate. a dependent clause cannot stand on its own as a sentence.
when do you use a comma?
When the dependent clause appears before the independent clause, use a comma to connect the clauses.
what are the four types of sentences
simple
Compound
Complex
Compound complex
what’s a simple sentence
One independent clause
What’s a compound sentence
Two independent clauses
What’s a complex sentence
One independent and one dependent clause
What’s a compound complex sentence
Two independent and at least one dependent clause
what’s a Sentence Fragments
Sentence fragments are incomplete sentences that are punctuated as sentences.
How to fix a run-on sentence
Separate the two clauses with a period
Join the two clauses using a comma and coordinating conjunction
Join the two clauses with a semicolon
Rewrite the two independent clauses as one independent clause
Rewrite one of the independent clauses as a dependent clause
what’s a semi colon
links two independent clauses
