TYPES OF SENTENCES ACCORDING TO STRUCTURE

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 A sentence is usually defined as a group of words that expresses a complete thought.

Incomplete: Cured the sick and fed the hungry. (Who?)
Complete: Jesus cured the sick and fed the hungry.

 Every sentence has two essential parts: the subject and the predicate.
SUBJECT PREDICATE
Jesus Christ sanctified his Father’s name

Subject is that part of the sentence about which something is being said.
Predicate is that part of the sentence that says something about the subject.

 A CLAUSE is defined as a group of words containing a subject and a predicate; it functions as part of a sentence.

Two Kinds of Clauses:

 INDEPENDENT CLAUSE or Main Clause has a subject and a verb can stand by itself as a complete sentence. All
complete sentences must contain at least one independent clause.
 We will commemorate the Memorial of Christ’s death on March 28 this year.
 I will attend this solemn occasion, and I will invite my friends.
 We must be grateful to God who sacrificed his son for us.

 DEPENDENT CLAUSE or Subordinate Clause has a subject and a verb but cannot stand on its own as a sentence.
 Unless we exercise faith in the ransom, our sins will not be forgiven unless we exercise faith in the ransom.

 Kinds of Sentences According to Structure:

1. SIMPLE SENTENCE is made up of one independent clause with no dependent clause. It may have compound subject,
a compound predicate or both. FORM = ONE INDEPENDENT CLAUSE
 Lazarus was from Bethany.
 Mary and Martha mourned the death of their brother and begged the teacher to come.

2. COMPOUND SENTENCE is made up of two or more independent clauses with no dependent clause. COORDINATING
CONJUNCTIONS are words that are used to link two independent clauses. There are only seven. They are For, And, Nor,
But, Or, Yet, So (FANBOYS). FORM = TWO OR MORE INDEPENDENT CLAUSES
 The disciples expected a small crowd, but thousands of people came.
INDEPENDENT CLAUSE INDEPENDENT CLAUSE

3. COMPLEX SENTENCE is made up of one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. SUBORDINATING
CONJUNCTIONS are the words that link an independent clause and a dependent clause. (commonly used subordinating
conjunctions = after, although, as, because, before, even if, even though, if, once, provided that, rather than, since, so that, than,
that, though, until, when, whenever, where, whereas, wherever, whether)
FORM = ONE INDEPENDENT CLAUSE + ONE OR MORE DEPENDENT CLAUSES
 When Andrew saw Jesus, he was sure he had found the Messiah.
DEPENDENT CLAUSE INDEPENDENT CLAUSE

4. COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCE is made up of two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent
clauses. FORM = 2 OR MORE INDEPENDENT CLAUSES + ONE OR MORE DEPENDENT CLAUSES

Israel was God’s chosen nation, but since the Jews rejected God’s son, Jesus, God also rejected them.
INDEPENDENT CLAUSE DEPENDENT CLAUSE INDEPENDENT CLAUSE