Building Better Sentences
Learning Objective
I can combine short, simple sentences to create compound and complex sentences.
Key Concepts
A simple sentence contains one independent clause, meaning it has a subject, a verb, and expresses a complete thought.
Compound sentences combine two or more independent clauses, often using coordinating conjunctions such as those remembered by the acronym FANBOYS.
Complex sentences include one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses, where a dependent clause is not a complete thought.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 12 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. What are the three types of sentence structures discussed in the video?
2. Define an independent clause.
3. What is the purpose of using a variety of sentence structures in writing?
...and 9 more questions
Educational Video
Simple, Compound, Complex Sentences | Learning English
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