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Types of Sentence Structure
Types of Sentence Structure
Sentence Types
A Sentence...
• MUST have a subject and a verb (predicate)
• MUST have a complete thought
Also...
• Begins with a capital letter
• Ends with punctuation
Sentence Types
• Simple
• Compound
• Complex
• Compound-Complex
Basic Elements of Every Sentence
SUBJECT PREDICATE
Basic Elements
SUBJECT PREDICATE
We went to Lahore.
SUBJECT PREDICATE
Compound Subject
&
Simple Sentence
& &
SIMPLE SENTENCE
with compound subject
We went to Lahore,
Predicate
Coordinating
Conjunction
and most of us talked all night .
SUBJECT PREDICATE
and
SUBJECT 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
Note: Semicolon
before conjunctive
adverb and comma
after conjunctive adverb!
Conjunctive Adverbs “float”
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 Sentences = at least
2 independent clauses (compound) and at
least 1 dependent clause (complex)
Examples:
• When I realized I was wrong, I apologized,
but I still felt bad about it.
because
he is good looking,
but
Simple 1 0
Compound 2 or more 0
Complex 1 1 or more