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1: 'All right then' is an example of a sentence that does not have a regular structure. What do we call this type of sentence?
2: Simple, compound and complex sentences all have a regular structure. What do we call this type of sentence?
3: When a simple sentence is joined to other sentences, clause or phrases the simple sentence has a name change. What is its new name?: simple clause
main clause
an independent main clause
compounded clause
mutiple clause
4: A simple sentence contains a subject and a verb. What else can it contain?: a subordinate clause
a coordinating conjunction
a subordinating clause
a dependent clause
a complement
5: A compound sentence consists of: A simple sentence joined to a complex sentence
Two or more simple sentences joined together with a subordinating conjunction
Two or more simple sentences joined together with a coordinating conjunction
A dependent clause and a subordinate clause
6: A complex sentence contains: An independent main clause and a dependent clause joined by a subordinating conjunction
Two or more simple sentences joined together with a coordinating conjunction
A dependent clause and a subordinate clause
A simple sentence joined to a complex sentence
7: The technique of the writer changing the position of the parts of a sentence so that what is at the start is noticed more by the reader is called what?
8: 'He lit a match and made a fire' is what type of sentence?: simple
compound
complex
9: 'He was a good dog although he had eaten his master's best boots.' What type of sentence is this?
10: In a recipe, what type of sentence would you expect to find the most?
11: Which sentence places most importance on the cat?: A dog was chasing a cat.
There was a dog chasing a cat.
It was a dog that was chasing a cat.
A cat was being chased by a dog
12: 'They stopped talking when the teacher appeared.' Type in the dependent clause.
13: Which sentence feels more easy-going, leisurely and natural?: He recovered on the thirty fifth day, shortly after dawn, just as it seemed that the fever in him was going to take hold, he was going to live.
On the thirty fifth day, shortly before dawn, just when it seemed that the fever was going to take hold, he recovered.
14: Which sentence feels more forceful?: He recovered on the thirty fifth day, shortly after dawn, just as it seemed that the fever in him was going to take hold, he was going to live.
On the thirty fifth day, shortly before dawn, just when it seemed that the fever was going to take hold, he recovered.
15: 'They stumbled into Ayer Penchis at about six o'clock that evening, shortly before dark.' What best describes the effect that the author is trying to achieve?: The author is trying to create tension by leaving us to guess how dark it was until the end of the sentence.
We can imagine the people on their journey and the closer we get to the end of the sentence the darker it gets with 'six o' clock' then evening' and finally 'dark'
The author is trying to make Ayers Penchis sound unpleasant.
The author is trying to shock the reader.
16: Subordinating conjunctions can also appear as pairs called 'correlative subordinators. See if you can spot them in the following sentences:
'As the teacher sang to the children, so they started to scream.'
What are the correlative subordinators?: if, then
teacher, children
more, than
sang, scream
as, so