clauses and sentences

My dog loves pizza crusts.

• subordinate clause

• main clause

• dependent clause

As cola spilled over the glass and splashed onto the counter

• independent sentence

• main clause

• subordinate clause

My dog Floyd, who loves pizza crusts

• adverbial clause

• adjectival clause

• noun clause

I know that candidates deserve to be here.

• adjectival

• noun clause

• adverbial clause

dinosaurs lived many years ago.

• imperative

• exclamatory

• interrogative

• declarative

“I need you to sit down now.”

• interrogative

• declarative

• imperative

• exclamatory

She completed her literature review

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound complex

They studied APA rules for many hours, but they realized there was still much to learn.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound complex

Although she completed her literature review, she still needed to work on her methods section

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

She completed her literature review, but she still needs to work on her methods section even though she finished her methods course last semester.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound complex