CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A simple sentence is made up of only one independent clause. An independent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a predicate and forms a complete thought when standing alone.

Detailed explanation-2: -A simple sentence is one independent clause with no subordinate clauses. This sentence contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.

Detailed explanation-3: -A simple sentence contains only one independent clause (complete thought). It has a subject-verb set, and it can stand alone. (That’s why it is independent.)

Detailed explanation-4: -A simple clause minimally consists of a predicate together with its core argument dependents, but may be extended with oblique modifiers. Core arguments are typically nominals, while oblique modifiers are either (oblique) nominals or adverbial modifiers.

Detailed explanation-5: -An independent clause has a subject and a verb, and by itself, can be a sentence: a simple sentence. All of the above example sentences are independent clauses and simple sentences.