LUTM: Sentences Flashcards
Sentence Types; Sentence Functions; Sentence Constructions (38 cards)
What is a Simple Sentence?
A sentence type that consists of 1 clause and must have a verb.
e.g. I ran.
What sentence type consists of 1 clause and a verb?
e.g. I ran.
Simple Sentence!
What is a Compound Sentence?
A sentence type that links 2 or more clauses with a conjunction/connective.
e.g. Charlie stole the plant and the pot.
What sentence type links 2 or more clauses with a conjunction/connective?
e.g. Charlie stole the plant and the pot.
Compound Sentence!
What is a Complex Sentence?
A sentence type that consists of 2 or more clauses (one of which is subordinate), which are linked by conjunctions/connectives.
e.g. Charlie ate the sandwich, only after he stole the plant.
What sentence type consists of 2 or more clauses (one of which is subordinate), which are linked by conjunctions/connectives?
e.g. Charlie ate the sandwich, only after he stole the plant.
Complex Sentence!
What is a Compound-Complex Sentence?
A sentence type that consists of 1 subordinate clause and a number of co-ordinate clauses.
e.g. I stopped the car because there was a plant in the middle of the road and I made sure not to run over it.
What sentence type consists of 1 subordinate clause and a number of co-ordinate clauses?
e.g. I stopped the car because there was a plant in the middle of the road and I made sure not to run over it.
Compound-Complex Sentence!
What is a Minor Sentence?
A phrase or subordinate clause which is used as a full sentence.
e.g. Great plant, that.
What sentence type uses a phrase or subordinate clause which is used as a full sentence?
e.g. Great plant, that.
Minor Sentence!
What is a Declarative Sentence?
A sentence function that gives information and/or states facts.
e.g. The plant is gone.
What sentence function gives information and/or states facts?
e.g. The plant is gone.
Declarative Sentence!
What is an Interrogative Sentence?
A sentence function that acts as a question.
e.g. Are you going to give me the plant?
What sentence function acts as a question?
e.g. Are you going to give me the plant?
Interrogative Sentence!
What is an Imperative Sentence?
A sentence function that acts as a command or instruction.
e.g. Give me the plant.
What sentence function acts as a command or instruction?
e.g. Give me the plant.
Imperative Sentence!
What is an Exclamatory Sentence?
A sentence that includes an exclamation mark, which typically indicates heightened emotions.
e.g. Give me the damn plant!
What sentence function features an exclamation mark, and acts as an indicator of heightened emotion?
e.g. Give me the damn plant!
Exclamatory Sentence!
What is a Tag Question?
A sentence function that utilises an imperative or declarative in conjunction with a short tag clause on the end.
e.g. Give me that plant, will you?
What sentence function utilises an imperative or declarative sentence function in conjunction with a short tag clause?
e.g. Give me that plant, will you?
Tag Question!
What is a Left-Branching Sentence?
A sentence construction featuring long amounts of information before the subject of the sentence is introduced.
e.g. Disoriented, dazed, discombobulated and unaware, Charlie gave away the plant.
What sentence construction features a lengthy amount of information before the subject of the sentence is introduced?
e.g. Disoriented, dazed, discombobulated and unaware, Charlie gave away the plant.
Left-Branching Sentences!
What is a Periodic Sentence?
A sentence construction that utilises a complex sentence type which starts with a sub-ordinate clause and ends with the main clause.
e.g. While I was having a snooze. Charlie stole the plant back off of me.
What sentence construction utilises a complex sentence type which starts with a sub-ordinate clause and ends with the main clause?
e.g. While I was having a snooze. Charlie stole the plant back off of me.
Periodic Sentence!
