Sentence Structure

Front

Structure of: 'My favorite escape from city life is the green world of Central Park, NYC.'

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Simple

Front

Structure of the sentence: 'Ruth Benedict, a respected anthropologist, and Margaret Mead was one of her students.'

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Compound

Front

Structure of: Helen Keller, who is shown in the photograph at right, became ill as a small child.

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Complex

Front

Structure of the sentence: 'Since daylight savings time started, the sky doesn't get dark until late, and it just doesn't seem right to me.'

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Compound-Complex

Front

Structure of the sentence: 'William Shakespeare wrote plays and poetry.'

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Simple

Front

Structure of: 'Father put the baby to bed at seven o'clock, but she didn't fall asleep for a long time.'

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Compound

Front

Structure of the sentence: 'Because she couldn't swim a stroke, Vick didn't enjoy boating or a water-related recreation.'

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Complex

Front

Kerry thought of her home in Ireland whenever it rained, worrying about her mother.

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Compound-Complex

Front

FANBOYS conjunctions?

Back

for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

Front

Clue words for dependent clauses?

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AAAWWWUUBBIS and that, which, who, whose, whom