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