MODULE 5: Clause and Sentence (SENTENCE) Flashcards
what is a sentence?
- it is a group of words that contains a subject, a verb, and a predicate and always starts with a capital letter and ends with an punctuation mark.
what are the four (4) kinds of sentences ACCORDING TO FUNCTION?
- DECLARATIVE
- IMPERATIVE
- INTERROGATIVE
- EXCLAMATORY
this type makes a STATEMENT and ends with a PERIOD
- declarative sentence
this type is used to provide INFORMATION about something or STATE A FACT
- declarative sentence
this type gives COMMAND
- imperative sentence
this type usually ends with a period, but it may also end with an EXCLAMATION POINT
- imperative sentence
this type ASKS a QUESTION
- interrogative sentence
this type always end with a question mark
- interrogative sentence
this type indicates a STRONG EMOTION and ends with an EXCLAMATION MARK
- exclamatory sentence
what are the four (4) kinds of sentences ACCORDING TO STRUCTURE?
- SIMPLE SENTENCE
- COMPOUND SENTENCE
- COMPLEX SENTENCE
- COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCE
contains only ONE (1) INDEPENDENT clause and it DOESN’T contain any SUBORDINATE clauses.
- simple sentence
it expresses only ONE (1) main idea
- simple sentence
made up of at least TWO (2) INDEPENDENT clauses and NO SUBORDINATE or DEPENDENT clause.
- compound sentence
what do we use to CONNECT clauses in COMPOUND SENTENCE?
- a comma and a COORDINATING conjunction
- can also join them with a semicolon
it expresses TWO (2) or MORE main ideas
- compound sentence
in compound sentence, we have seven (7) coordinating conjunctions and it is called FANBOYS. what does this stand for?
- for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
it has an INDEPENDENT clause and at least ONE (1) DEPENDENT clause
- complex sentence
what do we use to COMBINE clauses in COMPLEX SENTENCE?
- subordinating conjunctions
what is a SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTION?
- used to put together independent clauses to form complex sentences
in complex sentence, we use SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS. what are the examples of subordinating conjunctions?
- after, although, as, as if, because, before
- even if, even though, if, if only, rather than, since
- that, though, unless, until, when, where
- whereas, wherever, whether, which, while
it is made up of a COMPOUND sentence and a COMPLEX sentence
- compound-complex sentence
it has TWO (2) or MORE INDEPENDENT clauses and at least ONE (1) SUBORDINATE CLAUSE
- compound-complex sentence
SVP + P + SVP
P + SVP + SVP
SVP + SVP + SVP
- formulas to easily remember and determine a COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCE.
