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English
Simple, compound and adverbial complex sentences
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What is a main clause?
a letter or group of letters at the end of a word which creates another word
a group of words with no verb
a sentence starter followed by a comma
a group of words that contains a verb and makes complete sense ✓
How many main clauses are most often in a compound sentence?
'two' ✓
What type of conjunction joins two main clauses in a compound sentence?
subordinating conjunction
formal conjunction
co-ordinating conjunction ✓
Which of these are co-ordinating conjunctions?
as
but ✓
when
and ✓
or ✓
Match the co-ordinating conjunction to its purpose.
and
⇔
for building on ✓
but
⇔
for a positive and a negative ✓
or
⇔
for an option or an effect ✓
Which co-ordinating conjunction would be best to link these two main clauses? You must take a raincoat __________ you will get wet.
and
or ✓
but
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