Clauses and Sentence Types Simple and Complex

I don't have time to pick you up; you're going to have to drive your own car to the game.

• simple

• complex

• compound

• compound-complex

Ever since I hit it with a football last week, the screen on my TV won't stop flickering.

• simple

• complex

• compound

independent clause

• Simple

• Compund

• Complex

• Compound-Complex

1 independent clause + 1 dependent clause

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex

2 independent clauses + 1 dependent clause

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex

What starts the dependent clause?

• Coordinating Conjunctions

• Subordinating Conjunctions

• Articles

• Subject

Clause

• A group of words without a subject-verb component

• An incomplete thought

• A complete thought

• A group of words with a subject-verb component

Subordinating Conjunctions

• Creates the independent clause

• Creates the dependent clause

• FANBOYS

• Always appears at the beginning of a sentence

Conjunctions

• Disconnect words

• Used with semicolons

• Connects phrases, clauses, and sentences

What is a complex sentence?

• Contains ONE independent clause

• Contains two or more independent clauses

• Contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses