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12 Cards in this Set
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What is a simple sentence?
Example? |
Made up of 1 IC
The fish swam. |
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What is a compound sentence?
Example? |
Made up of 2 IC.
My sister biked, and I walked. |
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What is a complex sentence?
Example? |
Made up of 1 IC + 1 or more DC.
Because I like lacrosse, I am on the team. |
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What is a compound-complex sentence?
Example? |
Made up of 2 IC and 1 or more DC.
Eventhough it was raining, I went outside and I played lacrosse. |
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What is a main (independent) clause?
Example? |
Group of words that express a complete thought or idea, includes a subject and a verb.
Lola ran. |
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What is a subordinate (dependent) clause?
Example? |
Subject and verb, not a complete idea, introduced by subordinating conj.
Because it was raining, .... |
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What are particples?
Example? |
as an adj or adv
ending in -ing, -ed help* |
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What are gerunds?
Example? |
as a noun instead of a verb.
I like swimming? |
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What are infinitives?
Example? |
= to+verb
to run, to spin |
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What is a noun clause?
What are the questions asked for a noun clause? Example? |
-Acts as a subject or direct object in a sentence.
-WHO? WHAT? -Kelley is a hero. (what I need) to replace |
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What is a Adj Clause?
What questions? Example? |
-usually follows a noun
-What kind? Which one? How many? - The boy who is tall, can touch the lights. ( who is tall is the adj clause) |
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What is an adv clause?
what questions? example? |
-comes at beginnig of sentence followed by a comma.
- HOW?WHERE?WHEN? - Whenever it rains, I use my umbrella. |
