Grammatical Classification of Sentences

What is a dependent clause?

• a clause that could stand alone as a complete sentence.
• a clause that can not stand alone.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What is an example of a compound sentence?

• Although Weston and Nicole went to the store, they did not purchase anything. 
• Although Weston and Nicole went to the store, they did not purchase anything, and they left within five minutes.
• Weston and Nicole left the house, and they went to the store.
• Weston and Nicole left the house. 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

What is a simple sentence?

• A sentence that contains one independent clause and no dependent clauses.
• A sentence that contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
• A sentence that contains two independent clauses and at-least one dependent clause.
• A sentence that contains two or more independent clauses and no dependent clauses.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

True or false: a compound sentence contains two or more independent clauses and no dependent clauses

• false
• true

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CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

What is a independent clause?

• a clause that could stand alone as a complete sentence.
• a clause that cannot stand alone. 

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What is an example of a simple sentence?

• Although Weston and Nicole went to the store, they did not purchase anything.
• Weston and Nicole left the house, and they went to the store. 
• Weston and Nicole left the house. 
• Although Weston and Nicole went to the store, they did not purchase anything, and they left within five minutes. 

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

What is a complex sentence?

• A sentence that contains one independent clause and no dependent clauses.
• A sentence that contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
• A sentence that contains two independent clauses and at-least one dependent clause.
• A sentence that contains two or more independent clauses and no dependent clauses.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

What is a compound-complex sentence?

• A sentence that contains one independent clause and no dependent clauses.
• A sentence that contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
• A sentence that contains two or more independent clauses and no dependent clauses.
• A sentence that contains two independent clauses and at-least one dependent clause.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

What is an example of a compound- complex sentence?

• Weston and Nicole left the house, and they went to the store.
• Although Weston and Nicole went to the store, they did not purchase anything, and they left within five minutes.
• Although Weston and Nicole went to the store, they did not purchase anything.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

What is an example of a complex sentence?

• Although Weston and Nicole went to the store, they did not purchase anything.
• Weston and Nicole left the house, and they went to the store.
• Although Weston and Nicole went to the store, they did not purchase anything, and they left within five minutes.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B