Compound/Complex Academic Vocabulary

What is made up of 1 independent clause and is 1 complete thought that can stand alone?

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• fragment

What is made up of 2 independent clauses combined using a comma dn a coordinating (FANBOYS) conjunction?

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• fragment

What is made up of 1 independent clause and 1 dependent clause that begins with a subordinating conjunction (AWWUUBBIS)?

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• fragment

What is a group of words that has both a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone as a sentence ?

• simple sentence

• fragment

• independent clause

• dependent clause

What is a group of words that contains both a subject and a verb, is a complete thought, and CAN stand alone as a sentence?

• independent clause

• dependent clause

• fragment

• run-on

What connects the main (independent) clause to the subordinate (dependent) clause by introducing the dependent clause? It describes a relationship between these two clauses.

Examples: after, because, if, since, while

• coordinating conjunction

• subordinating conjunction

• fragment

• compound sentence

What is a word that joins clauses together that are of equal importance?

Examples: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

• subordinating conjunction

• coordinating conjunction

• fragment

• run-on