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Sentences and Clauses
Sandra Boyd
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Sentences and Clauses

• A sentence is a group of words that has a subject
  and predicate and expresses a complete thought.
• A simple sentence has one complete subject and
  one complete predicate.
• Complete Subject Complete
  Predicate
• Some people
  travel.
• Neither cars nor jets are
  completely safe.
• Trains and buses carry
  passengers.
• Freight trains
  transport products.

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Sentences and Clauses

• A compound sentence is a sentence that contains
  two or more connected simple sentences. Each
  simple sentence in a compound sentence is called
  a main clause.
• A main clause has a subject and a predicate and
  can stand alone as a sentence.
• Millions of people live in cities, but many
  others reside in the suburbs.
• Commuters take trains, buses, and cars some
  even fly.
• The connectors are shown in red.

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Clauses

• A main clause has a subject and a predicate and
  can stand alone as a sentence.
• Sometimes sentences have more than one clause,
  with only one of the clauses being a main clause.
  The other clause is called a subordinate clause.
• A subordinate clause is a group of words that
  has a subject and a predicate but does not
  express a complete thought and cannot stand alone
  as a sentence. A subordinate clause is always
  combined with a main clause in a sentence.

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Complex Sentences

• A complex sentence is a sentence that has one
  main clause and one or more subordinate clauses.
• In each complex sentence below, the main clause
  is in light type, and the subordinate clause is
  in dark type.

When the sun set, the caravans stopped for the
night. The dromedary has one hump, which stores
fat. Most people know that camels are
stubborn. We didnt know what they had done.
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Adjective Clauses

• Sometimes a subordinate clause acts as an
  adjective. An adjective clause adds information
  about a noun or pronoun in the main clause.

Eds bicycle, which he bought on sale, is a ten
speed. He paid a price that was incredibly low.
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Adverb Clauses

• Sometimes a subordinate clause acts as an adverb.
  An adverb clause adds information about the verb
  in the main clause.

Before Julia bought a bicycle, she compared
models. She likes ten-speeds because they are
versatile.
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Noun Clauses

• Other subordinate clauses act as nouns. Notice
  how the noun in dark type below can be replaced
  by a noun clause.

Bicyclists should wear a helmet. Should whoever
rides a bike wear a helmet?.
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Noun Clauses

• You can use a noun clause in the same ways that
  you can use a nounas a subject, a direct object,
  an object of a preposition, or a predicate noun.

Subject Whoever uses a bike rides for fun or
exercise. Direct Object Suzi says that she
wants a ten-speed bike. Object of Preposition
She looks at whatever is on sale. Predicate Noun
The flea market is where she can find a
good deal.