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

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

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

• simple

• complex

• compound

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

independent clause

• Simple

• Compund

• Complex

• Compound-Complex

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

1 independent clause + 1 dependent clause

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

2 independent clauses + 1 dependent clause

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

What starts the dependent clause?

• Coordinating Conjunctions

• Subordinating Conjunctions

• Articles

• Subject

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

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

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Subordinating Conjunctions

• Creates the independent clause

• Creates the dependent clause

• FANBOYS

• Always appears at the beginning of a sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Conjunctions

• Disconnect words

• Used with semicolons

• Connects phrases, clauses, and sentences

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.5.1A

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

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H