Clauses, Sentence Types, and Comma Usage

called the main clause of a sentence

• independent clause

• dependent clause

• adverb clause

• adjective clause

can never stand alone; is a sentence fragment or incomplete sentence

• independent clause

• dependent clause

• adverbial prepositional phrase

• adjectival prepositional phrase

An Appositive Phrase creates what kind of sentence?

• Simple Sentence

• Appositive Sentence

• Compound Sentence

• Complex Sentence

Mr. Resendiz has two pets, a dog named Pepper and a cat named Sylvie.

• Aww how cute

• Simple

• Compound-Complex Sentence

• Complex Sentence

What is the difference between a compound sentence and a complex sentence?

• Only a complex sentence can have 2 or more clauses.

• Only a compound sentence can have more than 2 clauses.

• Complex sentences have 1 Independent clause and at least 1 dependent clause.

• Compound Sentences MUST have 2 Dependent clauses and a FANBOY with a comma.

Find the error

Mr. Resendiz said "All of you are weird and should go away now."

• Missing comma before the word "and"

  "All of you are weird, and should go away now."

• The period should be after the quotation

  "...go away now".

• There should be a comma after Mr. Resendiz

  Mr. Resendiz, said "...

• There should be a comma after said

  Mr. Resendiz said, "

In order to make sure his students are successful, Mr. Resendiz creates tests that are more difficult than the District Tests.

• Complex

• Compound

• Simple

• Compound Complex

Of all the weird sharks there are in the world, the goblin shark is probably the weirdest; it has a strange protruding nose and a detachable jaw.

• Compound-Complex

• Compound

• Complex

• Simple

Don't forget to turn in your work to the white bin on the table that corresponds to your class period.

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

• Complex Sentence

• Compound-Complex Sentence

Don't worry about getting most of these correct the first time, but you should probably worry about getting at least over half of them right; actually please do your best on these questions.

• Complex

• Compound- Complex

• Simple

• Compound