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Kinds of Sentences

The document defines and provides examples of simple, compound, and complex sentences. It explains that a simple sentence contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought. A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction. A complex sentence contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses joined by a subordinating conjunction or relative pronoun. The document provides examples of each sentence type and tests the reader's understanding by asking them to identify whether example sentences are simple, compound, or complex.

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Kinds of Sentences

The document defines and provides examples of simple, compound, and complex sentences. It explains that a simple sentence contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought. A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction. A complex sentence contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses joined by a subordinating conjunction or relative pronoun. The document provides examples of each sentence type and tests the reader's understanding by asking them to identify whether example sentences are simple, compound, or complex.

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Simple Sentence

A simple

sentence, also called an independent clause, contains a subject and a verb, and it expresses a complete thought.

A: Some students like to study in the mornings. B: Juan and Arturo play football every afternoon. C: Alicia goes to the library and studies every day.
D: Tom, Dick, Harry, and Fred visited us. E: They swam in the ocean, relaxed on the beach, and ate our food.

Compound Sentence
A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by coordinators. -Coordinating Conjunctions: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. (FANBOYS.) -Correlative Conjunctions: Not onlybut also, neithernor, eitheror, bothand etc. -Conjunctive Adverbs: Therefore, however, etc. -Semi-colon (;), (:)

A: Eleanor tried a new recipe today; however, she forgot to add the baking soda. (Conjunctive Adv.) B: Not only the Algebra professor gave him a bad grade, but also the Chemistry Professor did so.
(Correlative Conjunction)

C: Michael played football, for Maria went shopping. (Coma + Coordinative Conjunction ) D: I would like to do some exercise everyday, but I have no time. E: The whistle blew; the parade began. (Semicolon) F: Neither did he listen, nor did he improve.
(Correlative Conjunction)

Complex Sentence
A complex sentence has an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses. A complex sentence always has a subordinator such as because, since, after, although, or when or a relative pronoun such as that, who, or which etc.

A: When he handed in his homework, he forgot to give the teacher the last page. B: The teacher returned the homework after she noticed the error. C: The students are studying because they have a test tomorrow. D: After they finished studying, Juan and Maria went to the movies. E: Juan and Maria went to the movies after they finished studying.

Complex Sentences / Adjective Clauses


Finally,

sentences containing adjective clauses (or dependent clauses) are also complex because they contain an independent clause and a dependent clause. The subjects, verbs, and subordinators are marked the same as in the previous sentences, and in these sentences, the independent clauses are also underlined.

A: The woman whom my mom talked to sells cosmetics. B: The book that Jonathan read is on the shelf. C: The house which Abraham Lincoln was born in is still standing. D: The town where I grew up is in the United States. E: He raises his hands in order that the bus might stop.

Test your understanding


1: The teacher walked into the classroom, greeted the students, and took attendance.
Simple/Compound/Complex 2: Juan played football while Juanita went shopping. Simple/Compound/Complex 3: Juan played football, yet Juanita went shopping. Simple/Compound/Complex 4: Although Mexico has the better football team, it lost. Simple/Compound/Complex 5: The island was filled with many trails winding through the thick underbrush, a small lake, and dangerous wild pigs. Simple/Compound/Complex

6: Naoki passed the test because he studied hard and understood the material.
Simple/Compound/Complex

7: Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, in 1880 and died in 1968.
Simple/Compound/Complex

8: Until she was 19 months of age, her sight and hearing were normal.
Simple/Compound/Complex

9: At the age of 19 months, a severe illness left her deaf and blind.
Simple/Compound/Complex

10: When she was seven, she began her education in reading and writing with Anne Sullivan of the Perkins Institute for the Blind.
Simple/Compound/Complex

11: Through persistence and stubbornness, Anne breaks through Helen's walls of silence and darkness and teaches her to communicate.
Simple/Compound/Complex

12: Helen Keller learned to read by the Braille system, and she learned to write by using a specially constructed typewriter. Simple/Compound/Complex 13: Later, she entered Radcliffe College and graduated with honors in 1904. Simple/Compound/Complex 14: Helen Keller's story needed to be told, so in 1962, a beautiful movie was made about her life. Simple/Compound/Complex 15: "If there were only joy in the world, we could never learn to be brave and patient." -- Helen Keller. Simple/Compound/Complex 16: "Life is either a daring adventure, or it is nothing." -- Helen Keller.

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