English grammar explained in plain language simple enough to be understood.
Section A: Decide if each sentence is declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, or imperative.1. The fish are swimming in the pond.2. What is your favorite game?3. Shut the door so the dog stays inside.4. What a great costume you have!5. Where did… Read more960. Practice with Sentences
A simple sentence is a basic statement containing a subject and a verb. The subject is the person or thing doing something. The verb is the action that is being done. Look at these simple sentences. In each sentence, somebody… Read more961. The Simple Sentence
A simple sentence has a subject doing something. Only one thing happens in a simple sentence. Sometimes the simple sentence has a compound subject. In that sentence, two subjects are doing something together. Look at these examples of a simple… Read more962. Simple Sentence with a Compound Subject
A simple sentence tells about one thing. It usually has one subject and one verb. However, it can have one subject doing two actions. When that happens, it is a simple sentence with a compound verb. Look at these examples… Read more963. Simple Sentence with a Compound Verb
Sometimes a simple sentence is long, and we want to think it is more than just simple. However, a sentence is always simple if it has just one subject doing one thing. Look at these simple sentences that contain multiple… Read more964. Simple Sentence with a Phrase
Section A: Choose the four sentences that are simple sentences.1. Today it rained, but tomorrow will be sunny.2. The clouds in the west are tinged with color from the sun.3. Dad walked to work today.4. While I was taking a… Read more965. Practice with Simple Sentences
An independent clause is the same thing as a simple sentence. An independent clause has a subject and a verb – someone or something doing an action or showing existence. Here are examples of an independent clause:Bob has a dog.Mary… Read more966. Independent Clause
One independent clause is a simple sentence. When we join two independent clauses together in one sentence, we get a compound sentence. Here are two independent clauses:Mary rode her bike to school. John drove to school with his mom. We… Read more967. The Compound Sentence
We often use a coordinating conjunction to join two independent clauses together when making a compound sentence. There are seven coordinating conjunctions in the English language: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. The first letter of each of those… Read more968. Coordinating Conjunctions – The FANBOYS
The comma splice, a common grammar mistake found in writing, occurs when two independent clauses are strung together with only a comma in between. Here is an example of a comma splice:Today is sunny, I will take a bike ride…. Read more969. Avoid the Comma Splice