Middle School Praxis- ELA 5047 Sentence Structure Examples -100% Correct
Absolute phrase made up of a noun or pronoun and a participle, set off by commas.
"Hands shaking, she approached the podium." hands shaking is absolute phrase
Adjective clause often called relative clause, is dependent clause that functions as
adjective
Adverb clause dependent clause that functions as an adverb
Appositive word or phrase that renames, explains, or identifies a noun or pronoun. "Mrs.
Sanchez, our neighbor across the street, has a huge garden," our neighbor across the street is
appositive phrase
Clause group of words that contains a subject and a verb. Two types- independent and
dependent
Complete subject consists of simple subject plus any modifiers of that subject
Complete verb phrase that consists of an action or linking verb and all its helping verbs.
"I have already eaten dinner," have eaten is complete subject
Complex sentence composed of one independent clause and at least one dependent
clause
, Compound-complex sentence consisting of at least two independent clauses and at least
one dependent clause
Compound sentence consisting of two or more or independent clauses joined together.
Can be joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or so, or yet) or
by a semicolon
Declarative sentence sentence making a statement. Ends with a period
Dependent clause Also called a subordinate clause, is a group or words that contains a
subject and verb but does not contain a complete thought and therefore cannot stand alone as
a sentence. "Sara plays soccer well because she often practices often." because she practices
often is a dependent clause
Elliptical clause writer deliberately omits words that can be understood from the context
of the sentence. "Fire when ready." the omitted words are "to fire"
Exclamatory sentence sentence expressing strong emotion/ end with exclamation point
Gerund is the -ing form of a verb used as a noun. In the sentence "skating is fun,"
Imperative sentence sentence issuing command or an instruction. Ends with a period
Absolute phrase made up of a noun or pronoun and a participle, set off by commas.
"Hands shaking, she approached the podium." hands shaking is absolute phrase
Adjective clause often called relative clause, is dependent clause that functions as
adjective
Adverb clause dependent clause that functions as an adverb
Appositive word or phrase that renames, explains, or identifies a noun or pronoun. "Mrs.
Sanchez, our neighbor across the street, has a huge garden," our neighbor across the street is
appositive phrase
Clause group of words that contains a subject and a verb. Two types- independent and
dependent
Complete subject consists of simple subject plus any modifiers of that subject
Complete verb phrase that consists of an action or linking verb and all its helping verbs.
"I have already eaten dinner," have eaten is complete subject
Complex sentence composed of one independent clause and at least one dependent
clause
, Compound-complex sentence consisting of at least two independent clauses and at least
one dependent clause
Compound sentence consisting of two or more or independent clauses joined together.
Can be joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or so, or yet) or
by a semicolon
Declarative sentence sentence making a statement. Ends with a period
Dependent clause Also called a subordinate clause, is a group or words that contains a
subject and verb but does not contain a complete thought and therefore cannot stand alone as
a sentence. "Sara plays soccer well because she often practices often." because she practices
often is a dependent clause
Elliptical clause writer deliberately omits words that can be understood from the context
of the sentence. "Fire when ready." the omitted words are "to fire"
Exclamatory sentence sentence expressing strong emotion/ end with exclamation point
Gerund is the -ing form of a verb used as a noun. In the sentence "skating is fun,"
Imperative sentence sentence issuing command or an instruction. Ends with a period
