SAT Writing | Sentence Types & Conjunctions | Review

Simple Sentence:

• Contains a subject

• Contains a verb

Compound Sentence:

• Contains two or more independent clauses

• Clauses are linked by a coordinating conjunction

• clauses are linked by a subordinating conjunction

Complex Sentence:

• Contains one independent clause

• Contains one subordinate clause

• Contains one or more subordinate clauses

• Linked by a subordinate conjunction

• Linked by a coordinate conjunction

Compound-Complex Sentence:

• Contains two or more independent clauses

• Contains one or more subordinate clauses

• Can contain both a coordinating conjunction and a subordinating conjunction

A restrictive clause modifies the noun that precedes it in an essential way.

• True

• False

On the other hand, a nonrestrictive clause describes a noun in a way that is not essential to the meaning of the sentence.

• True

• False

Dependent clauses always start with coordinating conjunctions.

• True

• False

With a subordinating conjunction, a clause becomes a description of another clause.

• True

• False

Deciding Between That and Which:

That is used to refer to objects or places and is the biggest indicator of a restrictive clause. That introduces a descriptive or informative phrase that adds important information

• True

• False

Which introduces information that is not essential to the meaning of the main clause and is the biggest indicator of a nonrestrictive clause.

• True

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