Sentence types and structure

Question 1

What is a clause?

Answer 1

building block for sentences helping to develop and expand the sentences as necessary.

Question 2

What are subordinate clauses?

Answer 2

dependent upon a main clause and cannot stand alone as independent units or separate sentences.

Question 3

Can you give examples of subordinating clauses?

Answer 3

because, when, where, unless

Question 4

What is a regular sentence?

Answer 4

contains a main( finite verb) and usually a subject verb.

Question 5

Can you provide a definition of simple sentences?

Answer 5

has a subject and only one verb

Question 6

What is a irregular sentence?

Answer 6

do not follow predictable grammatical patterns and cannot be altered to show changes in time, tense or number.

Question 7

What are the four ways sentences can be classified as?

Answer 7

statement, exclamation, question, imperative

Question 8

What is the difference between coordinating conjunctions and subordinating conjunctions?

Answer 8

Coordinating conjunctions join two main clauses which are grammatically independent of each other but subordinating conjunctions are dependent on the main clause and do not normally stand alone.