🗣️Key Terms - Sentence Types

Question 1

What is a complex sentence

Answer 1

When you join a main clause and a subordinate clause with a connective like when, if, because, although

Question 2

What type of sentence is:
While the wind blew, people stayed indoors

Answer 2

Complex sentence

Question 3

What type of sentence is: The sand was rough on my skin but the sun was gleaming brilliantly of the water

Answer 3

Compound sentence

Question 4

What is a compound sentence

Answer 4

When you join two main clauses with a connective such as and, but, so, or

Question 5

What is a simple sentence

Answer 5

Has one clause containing a verb and a subject

Question 6

What type of sentence is: She picked up the brown box

Answer 6

Simple sentence

Question 7

What is a subordinate clause

Answer 7

Relies on the main clause to make sense and it contains a subject and a verb to add extra info

Needs to be attached to a main clause because otherwise it will not make sense on its own

Question 8

What type of clause relies on making sense with a main clause.

Answer 8

Subordinate clause

Question 9

What is a main clause

Answer 9

It contains a subject, verb and an object
It can make sense on its own

Question 10

What type of clause is: i like bananas

Answer 10

Main clause