Matching Pairs Sentence Structure MatchingOnline version Match the to get the correct answer! by Sylvia Barnes 1 Independent 2 Subject 3 Dependent 4 Compound-complex sentence 5 Predicate 6 Transitional words or a subordinating conjunction 7 Compound Sentence 8 Complex Sentence 9 Simple Sentence 10 FANBOYS 11 Independent Clause Uses a subordinating conjunction or a transitional phrase to join an independent clause and a dependent clause. The noun or pronoun doing the action Not a complete sentence. It depends on something else. after, although, as, when, while, until, because, before, if, since the verb, the action has a subject and predicate For And Nor But Or Yet So A sentence that can stand alone has a compound and a complex sentence combined Uses a coordinating conjunction to join two independent clause A complete thought that can stand alone