NES English Language Arts (ELA) (301) Practice Test

A sentence with one subject and one predicate that expresses a complete thought is a simple sentence. It has a single independent clause, so it can stand alone and conveys a complete idea in one breath. A gerund is a verb form ending in -ing used as a noun, not a sentence type. A compound sentence combines two independent clauses, usually with a semicolon or a coordinating conjunction, so it has more than one subject and predicate. An antecedent is the noun a pronoun refers to, not a sentence type.