Review Sentence Structure

Clauses are...

• what cats have on their paws.

• the parts of a sentence.

What are the two types of clauses?

• independent and dependent

• independent and lenient

• strong and dependent

An independent clause...

• can stand alone as a complete sentence.

• cannot stand alone as a sentence.

A simple sentence is made of...

• a dependent clause and an independent clause

• a dependent clause

• an independent clause

• two independent clauses

A compound sentence is made of...

• one independent clause

• two or more independent clauses

• one independent clause and one dependent clause

• one dependent clause

Is this compound sentence written correctly?

Alice went to the movies with her friends, she forgot to bring candy.

• Yes

• No

What is it called when you smush together two independent clauses without connecting them properly?

• a run-on sentence

• a fragment

• a complete sentence

Is this compound sentence written correctly?

Alice went to the movies with her friends, but she forgot to bring candy.

• Yes

• No

A dependent clause...

• can stand on its own as a complete sentence.

• cannot stand on its own as a complete sentence.

Which of the following is an example of a SIMPLE sentence?

• eat some icecream

• I want to eat some ice-cream.

• I want to eat some ice-cream, but I'm lactose-intolerant.

• I want to eat some ice-cream; I'm lactose intolerant though.