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Sentence (Structure) Recognition Practice A clause is a group of related words that has a subject and a verb. There are two types of clauses: • Independent (Main) Clause - a group of related words that has a subject and a verb and makes sense by itself.... More

Sentence (Structure) Recognition Practice A clause is a group of related words that has a subject and a verb. There are two types of clauses: • Independent (Main) Clause - a group of related words that has a subject and a verb and makes sense by itself. (Sound like a sentence? It is!) • Dependent (Subordinate) Clause - A group of related words that has a subject and a verb, but does not make sense by itself because it needs the independent clause to make sense. Example... As John drove around the block, Mary went into the store. Independent Clause - Mary went into the store Dependent Clause - As John drove around the block There are four types of sentences according to structure: • Simple: Made up of one independent clause and the subject or verb or other parts may be compound (more than 2). • Compound: Made up of two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (and, or, nor, but, yet and sometimes, for). • Complex: Made up of one independent and one or more depend Less