Sentence structure

Question 1

Simple Sentences

Answer 1

Have one independent clause. They make sense on their own and have a subject and a predicate. eg. John went home.

Question 2

Compound Sentences

Answer 2

Has two or more independent clauses together

Question 3

Complex Sentences

Answer 3

Complex Sentences have ONE independent clause and at LEAST one dependent clause. And it always has a subordinate conjunction.

Question 4

Compound-Complex Sentences

Answer 4

Has two independent clauses linked by conjunction and a dependent clause.

Question 5

Minor Sentences

Answer 5

An incomplete sentence that still makes sense without all the necessary information- no verb.

Question 6

Predicate

Answer 6

The part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject (e.g. went home in John went home ).

Question 7

The Subject

Answer 7

A noun or noun phrase functioning as one of the main components of a clause, being the element about which the rest of the clause is predicated.