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Sentence Types
Simple
Compound
Complex
Compound-Complex
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Basic Elements of Every Sentence
SUBJECT
PREDICATE
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Basic Elements
Mary
plays tennis.
SUBJECT
PREDICATE
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Simple Sentence
A simple sentence has one
subject and one predicate.
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Simple Sentence
We went to San Juan yesterday.
Observe how
a simple sentence is constructed:
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Simple Sentence
We went to San Juan .
Pronoun
Verb
Simple
subject
Complete predicate
Prepositional phrase
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SIMPLE SENTENCE
Mary
plays tennis.
SUBJECT
PREDICATE
one subject one
predicate
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Simple Sentence
play tennis.
Tom and Mary
Compound Subject
&
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Simple Sentence
play tennis and swim.
Tom and Mary
Compound Subject
Compound Predicate
&
&
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SIMPLE SENTENCE
with compound subject
Tom and Mary play tennis.
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SIMPLE SENTENCE
with compound subject
and
compound predicate
Tom and Mary
play tennis and swim.
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Compound Sentence
A compound sentence has more than
one part that can stand alone (independent clauses).
Independent clauses
are connected by coordinating conjunctions, conjunctive adverbs or a semi-colon.
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Compound Sentence
We went to San Juan, and
most
of us danced all night.
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Compound Sentence
We went to San Juan,
and most
of us danced all night .
Subject
Verb
Coordinating
Conjunction
Predicate
Verb
Prepositional phrase
Modifying phrase
Subject
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Compound Sentence
Use of Coordinating Conjunctions
SUBJECT
PREDICATE
SUBJECT
PREDICATE
and
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Compound Sentence
Tom
swims,
Mary
plays tennis.
and
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COMPOUND SENTENCE:
COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
FOR
AND
NOR
BUT
OR
YET
SO
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Tom swims, and Mary plays tennis.
Clause 1
Clause 2
Independent Independent
COMPOUND SENTENCE:
COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
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Tom swims, and Mary plays tennis.
Comma before “and”
in compound
sentences!
COMPOUND SENTENCE:
COORDINATING
CONJUNCTIONS
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COMPOUND SENTENCE:
CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS
MOREOVER
HOWEVER
OTHERWISE
THEREFORE
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Bob is handsome; moreover, he is rich.
Clause 1
Clause 2
Independent Independent
COMPOUND SENTENCE:
CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS
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Note: Semicolon
before conjunctive
adverb
and comma
after conjunctive adverb!
Bob is handsome; moreover, he
is rich.
COMPOUND SENTENCE:
CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS
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Conjunctive Adverbs “float”
Conjunctive adverbs are sometimes called “floating”
adverbs because they can be positioned at the beginning,
in the middle, or at the end of a clause.
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CONJUNCTIVE ADVERB:
AT THE BEGINNING, IN THE MIDDLE,AT THE
END
Bob is handsome; moreover, he is rich.
Bob is
handsome; he is, moreover, rich.
Bob is handsome; he is rich, moreover.
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Semicolons
“If the relation between the ideas expressed in
the main clauses is very close and obvious without
a conjunction, you can separate the clauses with a semicolon” (Little, Brown Handbook, 9th Edition, p. 361).
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COMPOUND SENTENCE:
SEMICOLON
Tom has benefited from his exercise program;
he is slim and energetic.
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Complex Sentence
A complex sentence has at least
two parts: one that can stand alone and another
one that cannot
The part that cannot stand alone is linked to the rest of the sentence by a subordinating conjunction
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Complex Sentence
Since my boyfriend and I wanted to
have fun,
we went to San Juan yesterday.
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Complex Sentence
Since we wanted to have fun,
we
went to San Juan yesterday.
Predicate
Subject
Subordinating
Conjunction
Part that cannot stand alone
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Complex Sentence
SUBJECT
PREDICATE
SUBJECT
PREDICATE
even though
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Complex Sentence
Bob
is popular
he
is ugly.
even though
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COMPLEX SENTENCE:
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
The most common subordinating conjunctions are
"after," "although," "as," "because," "before," "how," "if," "once,"
"since," "than," "that," though," "till," "until," "when," "where," "whether,” and while."
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Bob is popular even though he is ugly.
Clause 1
Clause 2
Independent Dependent
COMPLEX SENTENCE:
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
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Even though Bob is ugly, he is popular.
Clause 1
Clause 2
Dependent Independent
COMPLEX SENTENCE:
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
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This type of sentence has more than
one part that can stand alone, and at least
one that cannot.
Conjunctions link the different parts of this sentence.
Compound-Complex Sentence
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Compound-Complex Sentence
Since we wanted to have fun,
my boyfriend
and I went to San Juan yesterday,
and we danced
all night.
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Since we wanted to have fun,
my
boyfriend and I went to San Juan,
and we danced
all night.
Subject
Predicate
Subordinating
Conjunction
Coordinating
Conjunction
Part that cannot stand alone
Compound-Complex Sentence
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Compound-Complex Sentence
Mike
is popular
he
is good looking,
because
he
is not very
happy.
but
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Exercises
Say if the following sentences are:
Simple, compound, complex
or compound-complex.
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The bell rang.
Bridget ran the first part
of the race, and Tara biked the second part.
He
stands at the bottom of the cliff while the climber moves up the rock.
The skier turned and jumped.
Naoki passed the test because he studied hard and understood the material.
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Answers
Simple
Compound
Complex
Simple
Compound-complex
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Because Kayla has so much climbing experience ,
we asked her to lead our group.
You and I
need piano lessons.
I planned to go to the hockey game, but I couldn’t get tickets.
Dorothy likes white water rafting, but she also enjoys kayaking.
There are many problems to solve before this program can be used, but engineers believe that they will be able to solve them soon.
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Answers
Complex
Simple
Compound
Compound
Compound-complex