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Sentence Structure: Sentence Types

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Sentence Structure:Sentence Types

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Sentence Types

• Simple• Compound• Complex• Compound-Complex

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Basic Elements of Every Sentence

SUBJECT PREDICATE

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Basic Elements

Mary plays tennis.

SUBJECT PREDICATE

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Simple Sentence

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Simple Sentence

• A simple sentence has one subject and one

predicate.

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Simple Sentence

We went to San Juan yesterday.

Observe how a simple sentence is constructed:

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Simple Sentence

We went to San Juan .

Pronoun Verb

Simple subject Complete predicate

Prepositional phrase

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SIMPLE SENTENCE

Mary plays tennis.

SUBJECT PREDICATE

one subject one predicate

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Simple Sentence

play tennis.Tom and Mary

Compound Subject

&

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Simple Sentence

play tennis and swim.Tom and Mary

Compound Subject Compound Predicate

& &

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SIMPLE SENTENCEwith compound subject

Tom and Mary play tennis.

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SIMPLE SENTENCEwith compound subject

andcompound predicate

Tom and Mary play tennis and swim.

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Compound Sentence

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Compound Sentence

• A compound sentence has more than one

part that can stand alone (independent

clauses).

• Independent clauses are connected by

coordinating conjunctions, conjunctive

adverbs or a semi-colon.

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Compound Sentence

We went to San Juan, and

most of us danced all night.

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Compound Sentence

We went to San Juan,

and most of us danced all night .

Subject Verb

CoordinatingConjunction

Predicate

Verb

Prepositional phrase

Modifying phraseSubject

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Compound Sentence

Use of Coordinating Conjunctions

SUBJECT PREDICATE

SUBJECT PREDICATE

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Compound SentenceTom swims,

Mary plays tennis.

and

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COMPOUND SENTENCE:COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

FOR

AND

NOR

BUT

OR

YET

SO

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Tom swims, and Mary plays tennis.

Clause 1 Clause 2

Independent Independent

COMPOUND SENTENCE:COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

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Tom swims, and Mary plays tennis.

Comma before “and” in compound

sentences!

COMPOUND SENTENCE:COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

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COMPOUND SENTENCE:CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS

MOREOVER

HOWEVER

OTHERWISE

THEREFORE

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Bob is handsome; moreover, he is rich.

Clause 1 Clause 2

Independent Independent

COMPOUND SENTENCE:CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS

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Note: Semicolon before conjunctiveadverb and comma

after conjunctive adverb!

Bob is handsome; moreover, he is rich.

COMPOUND SENTENCE:CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS

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Conjunctive Adverbs “float”

• Conjunctive adverbs are sometimes called “floating” adverbs because they can be positioned at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of a clause.

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CONJUNCTIVE ADVERB:AT THE BEGINNING, IN THE MIDDLE,AT THE END

Bob is handsome; moreover, he is rich.

Bob is handsome; he is, moreover, rich.

Bob is handsome; he is rich, moreover.

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Semicolons

• “If the relation between the ideas expressed in the main clauses is very close and obvious without a conjunction, you can separate the clauses with a semicolon” (Little, Brown Handbook, 9th Edition, p. 361).

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COMPOUND SENTENCE:SEMICOLON

Tom has benefited from his exercise program; he is slim and energetic.

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Complex Sentence

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Complex Sentence

• A complex sentence has at least two

parts: one that can stand alone and

another one that cannot

• The part that cannot stand alone is linked

to the rest of the sentence by a

subordinating conjunction

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Complex Sentence

Since my boyfriend and I wanted to have

fun, we went to San Juan yesterday.

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Complex Sentence

Since we wanted to have fun,

we went to San Juan yesterday.

PredicateSubject

SubordinatingConjunction

Part that cannot stand alone

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Complex Sentence

SUBJECT PREDICATE

SUBJECT PREDICATE

even though

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Complex Sentence

Bob is popular

he is ugly.

even though

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COMPLEX SENTENCE:SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

The most common subordinating conjunctions are "after," "although," "as," "because," "before," "how,"

"if," "once," "since," "than," "that," though," "till," "until,"

"when," "where," "whether,” and while."

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Bob is popular even though he is ugly.

Clause 1 Clause 2

Independent Dependent

COMPLEX SENTENCE:SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

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Even though Bob is ugly, he is popular.

Clause 1 Clause 2

Dependent Independent

COMPLEX SENTENCE:SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

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Compound-Complex Sentence

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• This type of sentence has more than one

part that can stand alone, and at least one

that cannot.

• Conjunctions link the different parts of this

sentence.

Compound-Complex Sentence

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Compound-Complex Sentence

Since we wanted to have fun,

my boyfriend and I went to San Juan yesterday,

and we danced all night.

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Since we wanted to have fun,

my boyfriend and I went to San Juan,

and we danced all night.

Subject Predicate

SubordinatingConjunction

CoordinatingConjunction

Part that cannot stand alone

Compound-Complex Sentence

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Compound-Complex Sentence

Mike is popular

he is good looking,

because

he is not very happy.

but

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Exercises

Say if the following sentences are:Simple, compound, complex or

compound-complex.

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1. The bell rang. 2. Bridget ran the first part of the race, and Tara

biked the second part.3. He stands at the bottom of the cliff while the

climber moves up the rock.4. The skier turned and jumped.5. Naoki passed the test because he studied

hard and understood the material.

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Answers

1. Simple2. Compound 3. Complex4. Simple 5. Compound-complex

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1. Because Kayla has so much climbing experience , we asked her to lead our group.

2. You and I need piano lessons.3. I planned to go to the hockey game, but I

couldn’t get tickets.4. Dorothy likes white water rafting, but she

also enjoys kayaking.5. There are many problems to solve before this

program can be used, but engineers believe that they will be able to solve them soon.

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Answers

1. Complex2. Simple3. Compound4. Compound5. Compound-complex

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References

Writing Academic English, Second Edition, by Alice Oshima and Ann Hogue. White Plains: Addison, Wesley, Longman, 1999.

The Little, Brown Handbook, by H. Ramsey Fowler and Jane E. Aaron, Pearson, 2004.