SENTENCE TYPES:

Simple, compound and complex

WHAT MAKES A SENTENCENEEDS THREE THINGS…

1 The words make sense and express a complete thought.2 It begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop, exclamation mark or question mark.3 It contains a predicate, and a subject. The predicate, or verb tells what the subject, or noun, is doing.

WHAT IS A SIMPLE SENTENCE?WHAT IS A SIMPLE SENTENCE?

The most basic type of sentence is the simple sentence, which contains only one clause. A simple sentence can be as short as one word.

EXAMPLES OF SIMPLE SENTENCES

Melt!Ice melts.The ice melts quickly.The ice on the river melts quickly under the warm March sun.Lying exposed without its blanket of snow, the ice on the river melts quickly under the warm March sun.

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PICTURE

COMPOUND SENTENCES

A compound sentence is when you join two sentences together using a conjunction. The most common conjunctions are; and, although, because, but, if, or, thought, where, whether.Conjunctions that indicate time are; before, until, since, when, whenever, while.

EXAMPLES OF COMPOUNDExamples:

Amanda wore the red dress and it was dirty .

Amanda wore the red dress because it was dirty.

Amanda wore the red dress before it was dirty

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COMPLEX SENTENCESComplex sentences are made up of one main idea that is supported by

one or more related ideas. The main ideas does not need to come first.

Complex sentences need punctuation, usually commas.

WHERE DOES THE PUNCTUATION GO?

It was a beautiful summer’s day as Alan, with his prize held high, paced towards the pier.

It was a beautiful summer’s day (probably the hottest that year) as Alan paced towards the pier.

It was a beautiful summer’s day as Alan paced -with a bounce in his step- towards the pier.

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PICTURE.

WHY DO WE NEED TO USE DIFFERENT TYPES

OF SENTENCES?

Can you and your buddy find:1 good simple sentence

1 good compound sentence1 good complex sentence

You are going to have 10 minutes to write

about this picture anyway you want. Try and

remember about simple,compound and complex

sentences.