Sentence Structure Review
subordinating conjunctions (some of them)
after, although, as, when, while, until, because, before, if, since, though, when, after, while,
What is the sentence structure: "I sat inside my house while it was snowing"?
complex sentence
What is the sentence structure: "When we are well-behaved, our teachers are impressed"?
complex sentence
What is the sentence structure: "I am tall; my sister is short"?
compound sentence
What is the sentence structure: "I can stay up late, and I can watch T.V."?
compound sentence
What is the sentence structure: "Miriam and Theo like curry rice; therefore, they are making it for dinner"?
compound sentence
What is the type of clause: "After Kevin had fed the cat"?
dependent clause
What is the type of clause: "Because I went to the zoo"?
dependent clause
coordinating conjunctions (all of them)
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so (remember the acronym, F.A.N.B.O.Y.S.)
What is the type of clause: "He worked on the jigsaw puzzle"?
independent clause
What is the sentence structure: "I hate to go hiking and camping in the woods"
simple sentence
What is this sentence structure: "The weather on Saturday will be sunny"?
simple sentence
complete subject
"The happy student"
What is the simple subject: "The happy student studies many hours"?
"student"
What is the complete predicate: "The happy student studies many hours"?
"studies many hours"
What is the simple predicate: "The happy student studies many hours"?
"studies"
independent clause
A group of words that 1) has a subject and a predicate (verb) and 2) can stand alone as a sentence.
What is the sentence structure: "Although the student has finished his homework, he continues to review his notes"?
Complex Sentence
compound-complex sentence
It is a compound and a complex sentence combined
dependent clause
It is a group of words that 1) has a subject and a predicate (verb) but 2) needs an independent clause to make a sentence. It always modifies something in the sentence or functions like a word; that in other words, it acts like a noun, adjective, or adverb.
simple sentence
It is a sentence that has at least one simple subject and one simple predicate. It is a sentence made of only one independent clause.
compound sentence
It is a sentence with at least two independent clauses joined together by a comma and a coordinating conjunction OR a semi-colon OR a semi-colon and a conjunctive adverb.
simple subject (Here is an example: "apple" in the sentence "The red apple is delicious.")
It is just the noun, pronoun, or group of words that is doing the acting or existing in the sentence.
complex sentence
It is one independent clause and one dependent clause combined to make a sentence.
complete subject (Here is an example: "the red apple" in the sentence "The red apple is delicious.")
It is the noun, pronoun, or phrase that is doing the subject AND its modifiers.
complete predicate (Here is an example: "is delicious" in the sentence "The red apple is delicious.")
It is the verb its modifiers and everything that comes after the verb.
simple predicate (Here is an example: "is" in "The red apple is delicious.)
It is the verb or verb phrase that is expresses the subject's action or existence.