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Chapter 14l
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Language - English
8th Grade
05/04/2016

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Term
Simple Sentence
Definition
A sentence with once complete subject and one complete predicate.

Subject: whom or what
Predicate: what the subject does or has/ or is like.

The Cincinnati Reds played their first baseball game in 1869.
Term
Compound Sentence
Definition
A sentence that contains 2+ simple sentences. Each simple sentence is called a main clause.
Term
Subordinate Clause
Definition
A group of words that has a subject and a predicate but does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence. It is always combined with a main clause. (Look for the comma)

Many basketball fans visit Springfield, Massachusetts, which was the birthplace if basketball.

** Starts with a key word (subordinating conjunction)
Term
Complex Sentence
Definition
A sentence that has a main clause and one or more *subordinate clauses*.

Basketball has increased in popularity *since it began in Springfield*.
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