Types of Sentences and Clauses

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• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex

I don’t care how expensive it is.

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

• Complex Sentence

• Compound-Complex Sentence

A truck [that had a load of bricks] overturned.

• Phrase

• Clause

A "dependent clause" is:

• One with less than ten words.

• One which starts the sentence.

• One which does not make sense on its own.

• One which has too many words.

An independent clause is:

• One with no adverbs included.

• One which makes sense on its own.

• One which does not need a subject.

• One that has no verb.

A compound sentence has:

• One independent clause, and one dependent clause.

• Two dependent clauses.

• Two independent clauses.

• One or more simple sentences.

Which is true of a compound sentence?

• It contains a coordinating conjunction.

• It contains a subordinating conjunction.

• It contains no conjunction at all.

• It has two subjects and a verb.

A complex sentence is:

• One which is very difficult to understand.

• One with two dependent clauses.

• One which does not make sense on its own.

• One which has a dependent and an independent clause.

Which is true of a complex sentence?

• It has a subordinating conjunction.

• It has a coordinating conjunction.

• It has at least one descriptive word and a noun.

• It has no conjunctions at all.

"I want to leave, but the maid has not yet arrived." This is an example of:

• A simple sentence.

• An indepentdent clause.

• A compound sentence.

• A complex sentence.