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