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SENTENCES C LAUSES Clauses are either subordinate or independent Independent clauses can stand alone; they have a subject, a predicate, and express a complete thought Example: Mr. Smathers loves Ms. Holicky. Subordinate clauses CANNOT stand alone; they don’t make sense on their own Example: Because she is amazing. S ENTENCE VS. F RAGMENT A sentence must have a subject and a predicate and express a complete thought. Example: The girl in the house made cookies. A fragment lacks either a subject, a predicate, or a complete thought. Example: The girl in the house. S IMPLE S ENTENCE A simple sentence contains one independent clause and no subordinate clauses. Example: Mr. Smathers loves Ms. Holicky. This is a simple sentence because it stands alone. There is one subject (Mr. Smathers), one predicate (loves) and one direct object (Ms. Holicky). C OMPOUND S ENTENCE A compound sentence contains two or more independent clauses and no subordinate clauses Example: Mr. Smathers loves Ms. Holicky and Mr. Miller loves Ms. Holicky. Two independent clauses (Mr. Smathers loves Ms. Holicky, Mr. Miller loves Ms. Holicky) combined with a conjunction (and). Both clauses can stand alone C OMPLEX S ENTENCE The complex sentence contains one independent clause and at least one subordinate clause Example: Mr. Smathers loves Ms. Holicky because she is amazing. One independent clause (Mr. Smathers loves Ms. Holicky) and one subordinate clause (because she is amazing). Subordinate cannot stand alone C OMPOUND -C OMPLEX S ENTENCE The compound-complex sentence contains two or more independent clauses and at least one subordinate clause Example: Mr. Smathers loves Ms. Holicky, but Mr. Miller loves her more because she flirts with him non-stop. Two independent clauses (Mr. Smathers loves Ms. Holicky, Mr. Miller loves her more) combined with a conjunction (but) with a subordinate clause (because she flirts with him non-stop) I DENTIFY THE S ENTENCE 1. Easter Island, which is also known as Rapa Nui, is a small Polynesian island in the South Pacific. 2. The island is the most remote inhabited place on the planet. 3. The Polynesians were among the most accomplished sailors in the world; they are especially known for their skill at navigation. 4. The earliest evidence of people on Easter Island dates from around A.D. 700, but the island may have been inhabited earlier than that. I DENTIFY THE S ENTENCE 5. The island is best known for its giant stone statues with long noses and pursed lips. 6. The statues, which are called moai, were carved out of volcanic rock, and some of them were placed upright on platforms called ahu. 7. The moai that were set up on platforms were transported as far as six miles from the quarry, but no one knows for certain how.