Sentence Sense: Subjects, Verbs, Clauses and Phrases
What type of sentence is this? As soon as everyone leaves, we will clean the cafeteria.
Complex
What type of sentence is this? I am grateful for whatever gifts I receive.
Complex
What type of sentence is this? The doctor who determined that she has measles is my friend.
Complex
What type of sentence is this? Carrie spent the summer at Camp Mourning consequently she recovered from the loss of her father.
Compound
What type of sentence is this? It is okay for you to ask questions but I do not have to answer them.
Compound
How should this sentence be punctuated? As soon as everyone leaves, we will clean the cafeteria.
It's punctuated correctly
Is the following relative clause restrictive or nonrestrictive and is it punctuated correctly? The peasant farmers who till the Nile Delta still work in the ancient ways of their ancestors.
Restrictive, punctuated correctly
Which of the following is an independent clause?
Rochester gets too much snow
What type of sentence is this? Greta's father and brother were taken by ambulance to the nearest trauma center.
Simple
What type of sentence is this? Mary, Francis, and Bowman ran, biked, and swam during the triathlon.
Simple
Which group of words is a phrase?
Suzi's bank account in Switzerland
Which of the following sentences contains a dependent clause?
Todd left camp before I had a chance to say goodbye.
How should this sentence be punctuated? Carrie spent the summer at Camp Mourning consequently she recovered from the loss of her father
Carrie spent the summer at Camp Mourning; consequently, she recovered from the loss of her father.
How should this sentence be punctuated? It is okay for you to ask questions but I do not have to answer them.
It is okay for you to ask questions, but I do not have to answer them.
Which group of words is a clause?
that you tried your best