Grammar: Simple Sentences

Question 1

A simple sentence can have more than one subject, or a compound subject, if they are sharing the same …… The subjects are joined using coordinate or correlative conjunctions.

E.g. The cat and dog ate the chicken

Answer 1

verb

Question 2

What are compound subjects?

Answer 2

A compound subject is two or more individual noun phrases coordinated to form a single, longer noun phrase.

Question 3

A simple sentence must be a single independent clause in order to be a simple sentence. It is a complete …. and can stand …..

Answer 3

thought

alone

Question 4

A simple sentence can have more than one verb (….. …../ …… …..) or more than one complete predicate (…. …….) if they share the same subject. They are combined using a conjunction.

E.g. The cat chased and caught the the mouse.

Answer 4

compound verb/simple predicate

compound predicate

Question 5

What Is a Compound Predicate?

E.g. The cat chased and caught the the mouse.

Answer 5

A compound predicate is when two (or more) verbs share the same subject.

Question 6

Types of dependent clauses:

Answer 6

Noun, verb, and adverbial clauses