Notes

Types of sentences

-          Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound-complex

Simple sentence

·         called an independent clause

·         contains a subject and a verb

·          expresses a complete thought

Examples :

·         Some students(subject) like(verb) to study in the mornings.

·         Juan(subject) and Arturo(subject) play(verb) football every afternoon.

Compound Sentence

·         two independent clauses joined by a coordinator.

·         coordinators (FANBOYS) : for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.

·         for very short sentences, coordinators are always preceded by a comma.

Example :

·         I(subject) tried(verb) to speak Spanish, and(coordinators and commas) my friend(subject) tried(verb) to speak English.

Complex sentence

·         has an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses.

·         always has a subordinator such as because, since, after, although, or when or a relative pronoun such as that, who, or which.

Example :

·         The teacher(subject) returned(verb) the homework after(subordinations) she noticed the error.

Compound-complex sentence

·         sentences containing adjective clauses (or dependent clauses) are also complex because they contain an independent clause and a dependent clause.

Example :

·         The book(subject)  that(subordination) Jonathan(subject) read is (verb) on the shelf.