What is another word for broken?

Table of Contents:

1. What is another word for broken?
2. Was broken or got broken?
3. What's another word for not broken?
4. What are the connotations of broken?
5. What is the verb for broken?
6. What's another word for broken heart?
7. What is a broken sentence?
8. What does it mean to speak in broken sentences?
9. How do you use broken up in a sentence?
10. What can sentences be broken down into?
11. What are the 8 kinds of sentences?
12. What are 5 examples of compound sentences?
13. What are the 7 sentence patterns?
14. What is the pattern sentence?
15. What is SVO sentence pattern?
16. What is the difference between simple sentences and compound sentences?
17. What are the three types of compound sentences?
18. How do you tell if a sentence is a compound sentence?
19. How do you write a simple sentence using a compound sentence?
20. What is a compound sentence called when it is joined incorrectly?
21. What is compound sentence in grammar?
22. What are examples of compound sentences?
23. What are 20 examples of compound sentences?
24. Do I need a comma in a compound sentence?

What is another word for broken?

What is another word for broken?

smashed	fragmented
crushed	separated
splintered	burst
disintegrated	snapped
split	torn

Was broken or got broken?

When we say "The glass was broken" it means when we looked at it, it had been broken before, that is, it shows a state that could be spread over a period of time. But when we say "it got broken" it shows a happening at a particular point of time.

What's another word for not broken?

What is another word for not broken in?

feral	wild
tameless	uncontrollable
uncontrolled	not housebroken
not house-trained	unused to humans
natural	virgin

What are the connotations of broken?

adjective. reduced to fragments; fragmented. ruptured; torn; fractured. not functioning properly; out of working order.

What is the verb for broken?

(transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly. (transitive, intransitive) To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.

What's another word for broken heart?

What is another word for broken heart?

pain	sorrow
grief	heartache
heartbreak	anguish
sadness	agony
unhappiness	distress

What is a broken sentence?

In language testing, the use of broken sentences is a form of slot-filling exercise that requires that the test taker completes a sentence with a fragment that makes the most sense. This being said, the broken sentence is essentially an incomplete sentence to be completed by the test taker with the correct option.

What does it mean to speak in broken sentences?

To speak in broken sentences simply means to only say fragments of sentences, not fully grammatical constructions.

How do you use broken up in a sentence?

Ruth didn't want to have sex with her boyfriend, so he accused her of being a lesbian, and broke up with her. Their marriage broke up last year. He finally broke up with that woman. Sarah finally broke up with Michael because he was too jealous and would get upset whenever she went out without him.

What can sentences be broken down into?

Sentences can be broken down into clauses.

What are the 8 kinds of sentences?

Terms in this set (8)

• Simple Sentence. a sentence with only one independent clause.
• Compound Sentence. a sentence made up of two or more simple sentences.
• Complex Sentence. ...
• Compound-Complex Sentence. ...
• Declarative Sentence. ...
• Interrogative Sentence. ...
• Imperative Sentence. ...
• Exclamatory Sentence.

What are 5 examples of compound sentences?

5 Examples of Compound Sentences

• I want to lose weight, yet I eat chocolate daily.
• Michael did not like to read. She was not very good at it.
• Dr. Mark said I could come to his office on Friday or Saturday of next week.
• My favorite sport is skiing. I am vacationing in Hawaii this winter.

What are the 7 sentence patterns?

Sentence structure can be categorized into seven patterns: one simple, three compound, two complex, and one compound-complex. Here are examples of each pattern with accompanying formulas, all to help you think of how to craft sentences in a greater variety of syntax: 1.

What is the pattern sentence?

Sentence patterns are made up of phrases and clauses. A phrase is a group of connected words, but it is not a complete sentence because it is missing a subject and/or a verb. ... A dependent clause (a.k.a. subordinate clause) cannot stand alone as a complete sentence (even though it may contain a subject and a verb).

What is SVO sentence pattern?

In linguistic typology, subject–verb–object (SVO) is a sentence structure where the subject comes first, the verb second, and the object third. ... SVO is the second-most common order by number of known languages, after SOV.

What is the difference between simple sentences and compound sentences?

A simple sentence contains one independent clause. A compound sentence contains more than one! Put another way: a simple sentence contains a subject and a predicate, but a compound sentence contains more than one subject and more than one predicate.

What are the three types of compound sentences?

A compound sentence is a sentence formed from two or more simple sentences, or independent clauses (IC):...There are three ways of joining independent clauses into a compound sentence:

• with a coordinating conjunction (one of the fanboys);
• with a semicolon; or.
• with a semicolon and a transitional expression.

How do you tell if a sentence is a compound sentence?

All grammatically correct sentences have at least one independent clause, and, therefore, they have at least one subject and one verb. A compound sentence is made up of two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, or so) and a comma or by a semicolon alone.

How do you write a simple sentence using a compound sentence?

We can convert a compound sentence into a simple sentence by reducing the number of clauses into one. Here we reduced the clause 'He got up' into the participial phrase 'getting up'. More examples are given below. Here we reduced the clause 'he gave them some land also' into the prepositional phrase 'besides a house'.

What is a compound sentence called when it is joined incorrectly?

The sentence below is another example of a comma splice. ... Writers make this error by joining two independent clauses into a compound sentence without using any punctuation between them. No punctuation between the two independent clauses causes then to “fuse” into an INCORRECT compound sentence.

What is compound sentence in grammar?

A compound sentence joins two or more sentences that have related ideas of equal importance. The two sentences go together. Each sentence or independent clause must still have a subject and a verb.

What are examples of compound sentences?

Compound Sentences

• I like coffee. Mary likes tea. → I like coffee, and Mary likes tea.
• Mary went to work. John went to the party. I went home. → Mary went to work, but John went to the party, and I went home.
• Our car broke down. We came last. → Our car broke down; we came last.

What are 20 examples of compound sentences?

20 Compound Sentences in English

• I want to lose weight, yet I eat chocolate daily.
• A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.
• I used to be snow white, but I drifted.
• We went to the mall; however, we only went window-shopping.
• She is famous, yet she is very humble.
• I saw Samuel yesterday but he didn't see me.

Do I need a comma in a compound sentence?

A compound sentence must have two independent clauses – not just two verbs, two nouns, or two groups of words that are not independent clauses. ... The second verb group does NOT have a subject; thus, it is NOT an independent clause. Therefore, NO comma belongs before and.