Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct word or term.

Question

A simple sentence is an _________________ _____________, which means that it includes a subject and verb and can stand alone as a sentence.

Answer 1

independent clause

Answer 2

A _________________ __________________ is a sentence with at least two independent clauses joined by a ________________________.

You might use a ___________ _______________ which includes an independent clause and at least one ______________ _____________.

A ____________ _______________ _____________ also can be used to provide descriptive details when communicating thoughts and ideas.

Each type of _______________ can help you interact well with others and express relationships between ideas.

Answer 3

compound sentence, coordinating conjunction, complex sentence, dependent clause, compound-complex sentence, punctuation