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Sentence Structure

This document discusses different types of sentence structures: simple sentences containing one subject-verb combination, compound sentences formed by joining two simple sentences with a conjunction, and complex sentences containing one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses. Simple sentences may have multiple subjects or verbs. Compound sentences are made up of two or more sentences joined with a conjunction.

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Sentence Structure

This document discusses different types of sentence structures: simple sentences containing one subject-verb combination, compound sentences formed by joining two simple sentences with a conjunction, and complex sentences containing one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses. Simple sentences may have multiple subjects or verbs. Compound sentences are made up of two or more sentences joined with a conjunction.

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Sentence Structure

Compound
Simple Complex

Sentence Structure

Simple Sentence
- has a single subject-verb combination
- The dog(subject) lay(verb) on the mat (object).

- may have more than one subject


- Lola (subject 1) and Tony (subject2) drove home.

- may have more than one verb


- The children smiled (verb 1) and waved (verb 2 )at us.

Compound Sentence

1+1=1 ????????
is made up of two or more sentences. Instead of using two simple sentences such as : The dog lay on the mat. and The cat slept in the basket., we can join them, using conjunction, to make a compound sentences

1+1 = 1

The dog lay on the mat but the cat slept in the basket.

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