Sentences Structures

In yesterdays class we learned about Sentence Structures. We learnt about independent and dependent clauses.
*An independent clause can stand alone as a simple sentence because it has a subject, a predicate and expresses a complete thought. Eg~ The boy ran home.
*An dependent clause cannot stand alone as a sentence because it is either missing a subject, predicate or a complete thought. Eg~ After the boy ran home...
 We also learnt about 4 different ways of writing a sentence such as;
*A simple sentence~ is made up of one independent clause
*A compound sentence~ is made up of two or more independent clauses,
a comma and a linking word. Eg~ The boy ran home, so he could do his chores.
*A complex sentence is made up of one independent clause, one dependent clause, a linking word and sometimes a comma. Eg~ After the boy ran home, he did his chores.
*A compound-complex sentence is made up of at least one independent clause and two or more dependent clauses. Eg~ After the boy ran home, he did his chores, even though he really didn't want to.

Also we learnt that every sentence must have;
*A Subject~ what the sentence is about. Eg~ an animal, a place, a person, or an idea. Eg~ The boy..
*A Predicate~  the part of a sentence containing a verb and stating something about the subject. Eg~ ...ran home
*A Complete thought~ expresses a subject and a verb. Eg~


Below is a list of the most commonly used linking words.


*while *so that

*after *unless

*though *since

*because *although

*as soon as *if

*whereas *until

*wherever *where

*when *even though

*before* *whether

*as