Syntax: sentences and clauses
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English Grammar - What Is a Sentence?
Learn what makes a complete sentence by understanding subjects and predicates, the two essential parts of syntax that form grammatically complete ideas.
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English Grammar - Four Types of Sentences
Learn the four types of sentences: declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory. Understand their purposes and how to identify each type.
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English Grammar - Subjects, Direct Objects, and Indirect Objects
Learn to identify subjects, direct objects, and indirect objects in sentences. Understand who performs actions, what receives them, and who benefits from them.
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English Grammar - Phrases vs. Clauses
Learn the difference between phrases and clauses by identifying subjects and verbs. Phrases lack both, while clauses contain a subject-verb pair.
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English Grammar - Dependent and Independent Clauses
Learn the difference between independent and dependent clauses, how to identify them using signal words, and how to combine them to build strong sentences.
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English Grammar - Simple and Compound Sentences
Learn the difference between simple and compound sentences, including how to identify independent clauses and connect them using FANBOYS conjunctions or semicolons.
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English Grammar - Complex and Compound-Complex Sentences
Learn the difference between complex and compound-complex sentences, including how to identify and use dependent and independent clauses to improve your writing.
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English Grammar - Relative Clauses
Learn what relative clauses are, how they use pronouns like who, that, and which to describe nouns, and how to identify them in sentences.
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English Grammar - Identifying Sentence Structures: Practice
Learn to identify the four sentence types by counting independent and dependent clauses. Master simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.