Sentences Flashcards
What is a simple sentence?
It’s the same as a clause,contains 1 verb and a subject (can have hard words in it)
What can simple sentences contain multiple of?
Subject phrases,object phrases,complement phrases,adverbial phrases
What can’t simple sentences contain multiple of?
Verb phrases/clauses
What does it mean if a conjunction joins up a compound phrase rather than a clause?
The sentence isn’t a compound,conjunctions must join up clauses to be a compound sentence
What can you do in a compound sentence?
Swap the clauses over the conjunction (and,but,or) and the meaning Is still the same.However if you swap the clauses over the conjunction and it’s not the same then it’s not a compound sentence (co-ordinate clause)
What is one thing that’s the same as a compound sentence
Co-ordinate clause=compound sentence
What Can a compound sentence contain?
More than 2 independent clauses and a co-ordinating conjucntion
What Is a complex sentence?
Contains a subordinate clause and a main clause, can’t stand on its own
A sentence contains a subordinate clause=complex sentence
What do complex sentences start with?
A pronoun:what,when,where,why,who,how, that,which
Why might it be hard to spot other kinds of complex sentences?
They are elliptical and pronoun is missed out
What can you do in a compound sentence but you can’t do in a complex sentence?
Swap the clauses over the conjunction without changing the meaning
(Complex sentences)What type of subordinate clauses are there?
Infinitive clauses,participle clauses,adverbial clauses
