Sentences

There are four types of sentences:

Clauses

A clause is a group of words that contains both a subject and a verb.

There are two types of clauses: independent/principal clauses and dependent/subordinate clauses.

Independent clauses express a complete thought and can stand alone.

Dependent clauses cannot stand alone and must be attached to an independent clause.

Sentences

There are four types of sentences:

• simple sentences
• compound sentences
• complex sentences
• compound-complex sentences

This section covers the following topics:

•   What is a preposition?

•   Types of prepositions

•   Prepositional phrases

•   Prepositions for talking about time

•   Prepositions for describing place (location and destination)

•   Prepositions showing direction of movement

•   Prepositions for talking about the mode of communications used

•   Preposition ‘on’ for talking about modes of transportation

•   Prepositions to express logical relationships

•   Position of prepositions in the sentence

•   New Vocabulary: Single-word prepositions

•   Compound or multiple-word prepositions

Clauses

A clause is a group of words that contains both a subject and a verb.

There are two types of clauses: independent/principal clauses and dependent/subordinate clauses.

Independent clauses express a complete thought and can stand alone.

Dependent clauses cannot stand alone and must be attached to an independent clause.

Phrases

A phrase is a group of words that form a part of a sentence. Phrases do not express a complete thought and they do not contain both a subject and verb.

The major types of phrases include:

• noun phrases
• prepositional phrases
• verbal phrases

Punctuation with interjections

When the interjection is mild, we can include it in a single sentence, separated from the rest of the words by a comma.

When we want to use a strong interjection, then it should stand alone and be followed by an exclamation mark (!).

Punctuation with interjections

When the interjection is mild, we can include it in a single sentence, separated from the rest of the words by a comma.

When we want to use a strong interjection, then it should stand alone and be followed by an exclamation mark (!).

This section covers the following topics:

•   What is a preposition?

•   Types of prepositions

•   Prepositional phrases

•   Prepositions for talking about time

•   Prepositions for describing place (location and destination)

•   Prepositions showing direction of movement

•   Prepositions for talking about the mode of communications used

•   Preposition ‘on’ for talking about modes of transportation

•   Prepositions to express logical relationships

•   Position of prepositions in the sentence

•   New Vocabulary: Single-word prepositions

•   Compound or multiple-word prepositions

This section covers the following topics:

•   What are conjunctions?

•   Conjunctions: New Vocabulary

•   Coordinating conjunctions

•   Correlative conjunctions

•   Subordinating conjunctions