| Sentence Structure | Phrases and Clauses | Nouns, Adjectives, Adverbs, and Verb | Subject and verb agreement | Run on and Fragment |
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What is Complex sentence
A sentence containing a subordinate clause or clauses
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What is Between ignorance and intelligence
Phrase
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What is she described her painting beautifully.
Adjective
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What is I don’t understand the assignment.(what is the subject and verb)
Verb: Understand
Subject: I |
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What is A compound sentence
A sentence with more than one subject or predicate.
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What is Obediah Simpson is uglier than a rabid raccoon
Clause
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What is Sally sat silently waiting for somebody else to speak first.
Adverb
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What is sentence verb agreement
The sentence must have a subject and a verb that agree.
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What is A compound-complex sentence
A sentence having two or more coordinate independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
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What is a phrase?
A phrase is a collection of words that may have nouns or verbals, but it does not have a subject doing a verb.
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What is Jack drives a big car.
Adjective
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What is My dog always growls at the postal carrier.(What is the verb)
Verb: Growls
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What is Although I like to go camping, I haven't had the time to go lately, and I haven't found anyone to go with.
Compound-Complex
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What is a clause
A clause is a collection of words that has a subject that is actively doing a verb.
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What is The part of speech (or word class) that is used to name or identify a person, place, thing, quality, or action.
Noun
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What is Peter doesn't like vegetables.(spot the subject)
Subject: Peter
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What is After I came home, I made dinner.
Complex
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What is broken into thousands of pieces
phrase
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What is He appears on screen as an actor.
Verb
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What is went to the store.(Is this subject verb agreement)
No
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