Kinds of Sentences | Phrases | Types of a Sentence | Clauses | Restrictive vs. Nonrestrictive clauses |
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What kind of sentence tells a statement?
a declarative sentence
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What is a phrase?
a small group of words standing together as a conceptual unit, typically forming a component of a clause
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Create a simple sentence.
anything with a sentence consisting one clause, with a simple subject and predicate
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What is a clause?
a clause is the smallest grammatical unit that can express a complete proposition. A typical clause consists of a subject and a predicate
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What is a restrictive clause?
a clause that is necessary to the sentence
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What kind of sentence asks a question?
an interrogative sentence
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What is an example of a prepositional phrase?
anything that begins with a preposition,
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What is a compound sentence?
a sentence with more than one subject or predicate
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What is an adjective clause?
a dependent clause that is like an adjective, it modifies nouns and pronouns
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What is the example we gave you for a restrictive clause?
I drove to Paris with the woman who lived next door.
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What kind of sentence is this?
Do the dishes now.
an imperative sentence
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What is an adverb phrase?
a group of words that act as an adverb in a sentence.
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What is a complex sentence?
a sentence containing a subordinate clause; they contain an independent clause and at least one dependent clause
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What is an example of an adverb clause?
anything with a dependent clause that functions as an adverb in a sentence, it modifies a verb
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What is a nonrestrictive clause?
Clauses that are not necessary to the sentence
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What is kind of sentence is this?
I'm pregnant!
an exclamatory sentence
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Give an example of an adverb phrase.
anything with a group of words that act as an adverb in a sentence
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What was the example we gave you for a simple sentence?
I like trains.
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What is an independent clause?
a group of words that can stand in a sentence alone
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Make a nonrestrictive clause.
any clause that is not necessary to the sentence
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How do you know what an exclamatory sentence is?
you can find it by looking for a punctuation mark, and it expresses strong emotion
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Give an example of a participle phrase.
anything made up of past or present participle and any words that go with it
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What was the example we gave you for a complex sentence?
Because my coffee was cold, I heated it up in the microwave
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Create a dependent clause.
anything with a group of words that cannot stand in a sentence alone
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Make a restrictive clause.
any clause that is necessary to the sentence
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