I Sentences Types

APPENDIX I

SENTENCES TYPES

There are three basic sentences types: simple, compound, and complex. Simple sentences usually have one subject and one verb: s v Students love textbooks.

Simple sentences can have more than one subject and / or verb: s s v Children and adults like pizza.

Compound sentences are usually made up of two simple sentences (independent clauses) with a connector (a coordination conjunction such as and, but, or, yet, so, and for): coord s v conj s v They worked hard all semester, but they did not finish the project.

Complex sentences have one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. The dependent clause is often an adverb clause, which begins with a connector (a subordinating conjunction such as while, although, because, and if): sub conj dependent clause. independent clause

Although the test was very difficult, all the students received a passing grade.