Sentence Structure Flashcards
Flashcard 1:
Front: What is a simple sentence?
Back: A simple sentence consists of one independent clause and expresses a single idea.
Example: The cat sleeps.
Flashcard 2:
Front: What is a compound sentence?
Back: A compound sentence consists of two or more independent clauses joined by a conjunction.
Example: The cat sleeps, and the dog barks.
Flashcard 3:
Front: What is a complex sentence?
Back: A complex sentence consists of one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
Example: Although the cat sleeps, the dog barks.
Flashcard 4:
Front: What is a compound-complex sentence?
Back: A compound-complex sentence consists of two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.
Example: The cat sleeps, and the dog barks when the moon is full.
Flashcard 5:
Front: What is the subject of a sentence?
Back: The subject is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something.
Example: The cat.
Flashcard 6:
Front: What is the predicate of a sentence?
Back: The predicate is the part of the sentence that tells what the subject is doing or what condition the subject is in.
Example: sleeps.
Flashcard 7:
Front: What is a dependent clause?
Back: A dependent clause is a group of words that has both a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone as a complete thought.
Example: Although the cat sleeps.
Flashcard 8:
Front: What is an independent clause?
Back: An independent clause is a group of words that has both a subject and a predicate and can stand alone as a complete sentence.
Example: The cat sleeps.
Flashcard 9:
Front: What is a subject-verb agreement?
Back: Subject-verb agreement means that the subject and verb in a sentence must agree in number (singular or plural).
Example: The cat sleeps (singular subject and verb).
Flashcard 10:
Front: What is a run-on sentence?
Back: A run-on sentence is a sentence in which two or more independent clauses are joined without appropriate punctuation or conjunctions.
Example: The cat sleeps the dog barks.
Flashcard 11:
Front: What is a fragment?
Back: A fragment is an incomplete sentence that does not have both a subject and a predicate.
Example: Running down the street.
Flashcard 12:
Front: What is a comma splice?
Back: A comma splice occurs when two independent clauses are joined by a comma without a coordinating conjunction.
Example: The cat sleeps, the dog barks.
Flashcard 13:
Front: What is a coordinating conjunction?
Back: A coordinating conjunction is a word that connects words, phrases, or clauses of equal rank.
Example: and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet.
Flashcard 14:
Front: What is a subordinating conjunction?
Back: A subordinating conjunction is a word that connects an independent clause with a dependent clause.
Example: although, because, since, unless, while.
Flashcard 15:
Front: What is an interrogative sentence?
Back: An interrogative sentence asks a question and ends with a question mark.
Example: Where is the cat?
Flashcard 16:
Front: What is an imperative sentence?
Back: An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request and ends with a period or exclamation mark.
Example: Sit down.
Flashcard 17:
Front: What is a declarative sentence?
Back: A declarative sentence makes a statement and ends with a period.
Example: The cat is sleeping.
Flashcard 18:
Front: What is an exclamatory sentence?
Back: An exclamatory sentence expresses strong emotion and ends with an exclamation mark.
Example: What a beautiful day!
Flashcard 19:
Front: What is a transitive verb?
Back: A transitive verb is an action verb that has a direct object receiving the action.
Example: She eats an apple.
Flashcard 20:
Front: What is an intransitive verb?
Back: An intransitive verb is an action verb that does not have a direct object receiving the action.
Example: She sleeps
