Sentence Structure

Question 1

Sentence

Answer 1

A group of words that express a complete thought; has a subject and a predicate.

Question 2

Simple sentence

Answer 2

A sentence that expresses only one complete thought.

Question 3

Compound sentence

Answer 3

made up of 2 simple sentences joined by a comma and the word and, but, or or.

Question 4

Sentence fragments

Answer 4

A word group that has no subject or predicate or does not express a complete thought.

Question 5

Run-on sentence

Answer 5

Consists of 2 or more sentences joined without a conjunction.

Question 6

Independent clause

Answer 6

Another name for a simple sentence.

Question 7

Dependent clause

Answer 7

Has a subject and a verb but CAN NOT stand alone as a sentence for it has no complete thought.

Question 8

Complex sentence

Answer 8

Consist of 1 independent clauses and 1 or more dependent clauses.

Question 9

Compound-complex sentence

Answer 9

Consists of 2 or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.