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Good old Grammar!
•Subject-
who or what the subject is about
•Predicate- verb of the sentence
•Verb- action or being word
•Noun- person, place, thing
•Adjective- describes the noun
•Adverb- modifies the verb
•The
pony jumped over the fence.
•Synonym
• Your
turn– spice the sentence up- add an
adjective
Clauses
Clause- a group of words that makes sense as a sentence on
its own
 Main clause
 Subordinate clause: group of words that contains subject and
verb but does not make sense on its own, and must be linked
to a main clause.
 Leftovers from her plate.
 Her cat loved to eat leftovers from her plate.
 Being chosen for the lead role.
 Being chosen for the lead role wasn’t what Tara had in mind
when she tried out for the play.
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Complex Sentence- has one main clause and one or more
subordinate clauses.
Subordinate Clause
Main Clause
As she scanned the horizon, she saw a sailboat.
Compound-Complex Sentence- has two or more main
clauses and one or more subordinate clauses.
Subordinate Clause
Main Clause
By the time the Coastguard arrived, Karen had already rowed
Main Clause
out and the desperate sailors had clambered aboard.
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Main and Subordinate Clause
main clause
 The school just started a cooperative work program,
Subordinate clause
which will give valuable work experience.
Sentences
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Sentence- a group of words that expresses a complete
thought and that contains a subject, a verb, and any necessary
compliments.
Types of sentences
Simple Sentence- has one main clause, consisting of a subject
and a predicate.
S
P
Karen gathered raspberries on the hillside.
Compound Sentence- has two or more main clauses linked by
a coordinating conjunction or a semicolon
Main Clause
CC
Main Clause
She filled the bowl , and then she looked out to the harbor.
Comma’s
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Comma Splice- two main clauses joined by a comma
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Run on sentence- two or more main clauses written as
one sentence without any or adequate punctuation
between them.
Coordinating conjunction- link two or more words or
groups of words of equal importance: and, but, nor, for,
yet, so
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