Syntax: Language and Structure

1. List the FOUR types of sentences in English.

Simple sentence, complex sentence, compound sentence, complex-compound sentence.

2. Are the following an independent clause or dependent clause?

a. my kids are complaining : independent clause

b. this new laptop : dependent clause

c. I have no idea why : independent clause

3. Answer True/false:

a. An independent clause can stand on its own (True).

b. A complex sentence has two independent clauses joined by a linking word (False).

c. A compound-complex sentence has two or more dependent clauses joined by at least one
independent clause (False).

d. A simple sentence contains an independent clause (True).