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Clauses and Sentence Types Matching Game
Play this game to get familiar with the definitions for clauses and sentence types.
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| Independent clause | Has a subject and a predicate and expresses a complete thought; is the only type of clause that can stand alone as a sentence; can contain a compound subject and/or predicate |
| Subordinate clause | Does not express a complete thought and can NOT stand alone (begins with a subordinating conjunction: A WHITE BUS), relative pronoun, or relative adverb |
| Adjective clause | A subordinate clause that modifies a noun or pronoun; usually begins with a relative pronoun (who, whom, whose, that, and which) or a relative adverb (such as why, where, or when); answers which one?, what kind?, how many?; can be essential or nonessential (requires commas) |
| Adverb clause | A subordinate clause that modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb; usually begins with a subordinating conjunction (A WHITE BUS); answers when?, where?, why?, how?, to what extent?, under what condition |
| Noun clause | A subordinate clause that is used as a noun (S, DO, PN, AP, OP); usually begins with how, that, what, whatever, when, where, which, whichever, who, whom, whoever, whose, why |
| Simple sentence | Has one independent clause and no subordinate clauses; can contain a compound subject and/or predicate |
| Compound sentence | Has two or more independent clauses but no subordinate clauses; joined by a comma and FANBOYS OR semicolon OR semicolon followed by conjunctive adverb (therefore, however, etc) followed by a comma |
| Complex sentence | Has one independent clause and at least one subordinate clause |
| Compound-complex sentence | Has two or more independent clauses and at least one subordinate clause |
| Main clause | another name for an independent clause |
| Dependent clause | another name for a subordinate clause |
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