Sentence Structure Types
Sentence Structure Types
Sentence Structure Types
SENTENCE TYPES
SENTENCE TYPES
• Simple
• Compound
• Complex
• Compound-Complex
BASIC ELEMENTS OF EVERY
SENTENCE
SUBJECT PREDICATE
BASIC ELEMENTS
SUBJECT PREDICATE
predicate.
SIMPLE SENTENCE
SUBJECT PREDICATE
Compound Subject
&
SIMPLE SENTENCE
& &
SIMPLE SENTENCE WITH A COMPOUND
SUBJECT
Coordinating Predicate
Conjunction
PREDICATE
PREDICATE
COMPOUND SENTENCE
Tom swims,
and
FOR
AND
NOR
BUT
OR
YET
SO
COMPOUND SENTENCE:
COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
Clause 1 Clause 2
Independent Independent
COMPOUND SENTENCE:
COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
MOREOVER
HOWEVER
OTHERWISE
THEREFORE
COMPOUND SENTENCE:
CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS
Clause 1 Clause 2
Independent Independent
COMPOUND SENTENCE:
CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS
Subject Predicate
SUBJECT PREDICATE
even though
SUBJECT PREDICATE
COMPLEX SENTENCE
Bob is popular
even though
he is ugly.
COMPLEX SENTENCE:
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
Clause 1 Clause 2
Independent Dependent
COMPLEX SENTENCE:
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
Clause 1 Clause 2
Dependent Independent
COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCE
Compound-Complex Sentence
Mike is popular
because
he is good looking,
but
1. Simple
2. Compound
3. Complex
4. Simple
5. Compound-complex
1. Because Kayla has so much climbing experience , we asked her to lead
our group.
2. You and I need piano lessons.
3. I planned to go to the hockey game, but I couldn’t get tickets.
4. Dorothy likes white water rafting, but she also enjoys kayaking.
5. There are many problems to solve before this program can be used, but
engineers believe that they will be able to solve them soon.
ANSWERS
1. Complex
2. Simple
3. Compound
4. Compound
5. Compound-complex
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