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Types of Sentences

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Simple: One independent clause

1. The pandemic influencing people in many ways.

2. Some people used to this safe way to go shopping.

3. The way of communication also be changed dramatically

Compound: Two independent clauses which are joined together.

1. They prefer to be shopping online for fewer products in some websites rather than hang

out in the store to fit their products.

2. It is obvious that the world cannot be same as before this pandemic because of the

longtime of Covid-19.

3. Shopping in a mall is the popular activity that most people use to run their life or even to

release their pressure from home and work; however, the pandemic affects this activity.

Complex: A sentence that has one independent clause and one dependent clause.

1. The world cannot be same as before this pandemic because of the longtime of Covid-19.

2. To avoid being infected by Covid-19, most people have to reduce to hang out in

shopping center.

3. Some companies changed the official way for their employees to work.

Compound-Complex: A sentence that has a dependent clause, an independent clause,

a coordinating conjunction, and another independent clause.

1. If you want to chat with your friends, you can contact them by typing in the social media;

so, the way of communication is different from the day before pandemic.

P175. Sentences practice:

1.1 The store closes at 9 pm.

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1.2 The pandemic effects our normal life.

1.1 The store opens at 10 am. and closes at 9 pm.

1.2 The eggs could be fried and boiled.

3.1 Both of sunshine and fresh water can feed plants.

3.2 Birds and eagles like to fly.

4.1 Summer is a good season for swimming and winter brings snow for ski.

4.2 The red light in traffic means stop and the green light is for going forward.