What type of sentence includes an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses? a. complex b. appositive c. simple d. compound
English · High School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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A sentence that includes an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses is known as a complex sentence.
To help you better understand, let's define what clauses are and how they function within different types of sentences.
An independent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb, and expresses a complete thought, which means it can stand alone as a sentence. For example, "I went to the store."
A dependent clause, sometimes known as a subordinate clause, also contains a subject and a verb but does not express a complete thought, so it cannot stand alone as a sentence. It's "dependent" because it needs to be connected to an independent clause to form a complete sentence. For example, "because I needed milk" is a dependent clause that doesn't make sense on its own.
Here's how the types of sentences are structured using these clauses:
- Simple sentence: Contains only one independent clause and no dependent clauses. For example, "I read a book." - Compound sentence: Contains at least two independent clauses, usually joined by a conjunction like "and," "but," or "or." There are no dependent clauses in a compound sentence. For example, "I read a book, and my sister watched a movie." - Complex sentence: Contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause, as discussed above. For example, "I went to the store because I needed milk." - Compound-complex sentence: Contains at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause. It is essentially a combination of a compound sentence and a complex sentence. For example, "I went to the store because I needed milk, and my sister stayed home."
An appositive is not a type of sentence; it is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it. For example, "The insect, a cockroach, is crawling across the kitchen floor." Here, "a cockroach" is an appositive that provides additional information about "The insect."