Sentence types Flashcards by Charlotte Scott

Q

Floppy was dreaming about dragons

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Simple sentence

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It contains two or more main clauses, they are joined by ‘but’, ‘and’, ‘or’

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A compound sentence

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Floppy hid but the dragon saw him

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A compound sentence

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Complex sentence

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Contains at least one main clause and a subordinate clause, the subordinate clause does not make sense on its own

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Simple sentences

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A sentence that has only one main clause, the main clause always makes since on its own

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