Sentence Structure 9/2/22

the topic of a sentence

• subject

• predicate

• independent clause

• conjunction

a single independent clause without any dependent clauses

• subject

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

The verb part of the sentence

• subject

• predicate

• conjunction

a word that links together words, phrases, or ideas

• subject

• predicate

• conjunction

a group of words with one subject and one verb that form a complete thought (this is a complete sentence)

• independent clause

• dependent clause

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

a sentence with 2 independent clauses joined together by a coordinating conjunction (AKA FANBOYS)

• simple sentence

• independent clause

• compound sentence

a group of words with a subject and a verb that do NOT form a complete thought

• independent clause

• dependent clause

• complex sentence

• compound sentence

a sentence MUST have these two things

• subject and conjunction

• subject and predicate

• subject and coffee

has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

After waiting in line for three hours to ride the roller coaster

• fragment

• sentence