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Clauses and Sentence Types

This document discusses clauses and sentence types. It defines independent clauses as clauses that can stand alone as a sentence, while dependent clauses cannot. Dependent clauses begin with a relative pronoun or subordinating conjunction. There are three types of dependent clauses: adverb clauses that modify verbs, adjective clauses that modify nouns, and noun clauses that act as subjects or objects. The document also defines four sentence types: simple sentences with one independent clause, compound sentences with two or more independent clauses, complex sentences with one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses, and compound-complex sentences with two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.

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Clauses and Sentence Types

This document discusses clauses and sentence types. It defines independent clauses as clauses that can stand alone as a sentence, while dependent clauses cannot. Dependent clauses begin with a relative pronoun or subordinating conjunction. There are three types of dependent clauses: adverb clauses that modify verbs, adjective clauses that modify nouns, and noun clauses that act as subjects or objects. The document also defines four sentence types: simple sentences with one independent clause, compound sentences with two or more independent clauses, complex sentences with one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses, and compound-complex sentences with two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.

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Clauses and Sentence Type


CLAUSES

Each clause must have a subject and verb.


types
o independent (also called main clause)
Every sentence must have at least one independent
clause
The independent clause can usually stand alone.
An independent clause does not start with a relative
pronoun or subordinating conjunction.
o dependent (also called subordinate clause)
The dependent clause can never stand alone.
A dependent clause starts with a relative pronoun or
a subordinating conjunction.
types
adverb
o usually starts with a subordinating
conjunction
o acts like an adverb
o We will eat when the bell rings.
(modifies eat)
o We will eat is independent.
adjective
o usually starts with a relative pronoun
o acts like an adjective
o She likes the guy who sits in front of her.
(modifies guy)
o She likes the guy is independent.
noun
o usually starts with a relative pronoun
o acts like a noun
o I hope that you understand the
examples. (acts as direct object)
o I hope is independent.

SENTENCE TYPES

simple sentence = one independent clause


compound sentence = two or more independent clauses

complex sentence = one independent clause + one or more


dependent clauses
compound-complex sentence = two or more independent
clauses + one or more dependent clauses.

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