LESSON 1: SENTENCE STRUCTURE Flashcards
Types of Sentence Structure?
Simple, compound, complex, compound-complex
Is one independent clause and one complete thought. It has one verb and one subject.
Simple Sentence
Sentence with 2 or more independent clauses joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction.
Compound Sentence
1 independent clause and one dependent clause.
Complex Sentence
Contains one subordinate clause and 2 or more independent clauses.
Compound-complex Sentence
Are used to join together 2 independent clauses.
Coordinating Conjunction
Types of Coordinating Conjunction? (In order)
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Types of Subordinating Conjunctions?
While, after, though, because, when, before, unless, since, although, if, until, as
Classify the sentence.
(SM- simple, COM- compound, COMLEX- compound-complex, CM- complex)
- The car turned the corner.
SM
- Mrs. Juarez and Mr. Smith are dancing gracefully.
COM
- We drink coffee every morning.
SM
- Because the soup was too cold, I warmed it in the microwave.
CM
- Though Mitchell prefers watching romantic films, he rented the latest spy thriller, and he enjoyed it very much.
COMLEX
- We won the game, but my uniform was muddy because it rained the entire time.
COMLEX
- The pirate captain lost her treasure map, but she still found the buried treasure.
COM
