Sentence Structure
Sentence Structure
Sentence Structure
Simple sentences
Compound sentences
Complex sentences
Compound-complex sentences
KIND OF SENTENCES
Simple sentence
simple sentence is one independent clause
S + V (+ O)
1. S + V she comes late
2. S and S + V My brother and I study together
3. S + V and V I enjoy play tennis and look forward to it every weekend
4. S and S + V and V Susie and James play tennis and go bowling every
weekend
KIND OF SENTENCES
Compound sentence
it contains two or more independent clauses joined together. There are three
ways:
1. With coordinator I enjoy tennis, but I hate golf
2. With conjunctive adverb I enjoy tennis; however, I hate golf
3. With a semicolon I enjoy tennis; I hate golf
KIND OF SENTENCES
Complex sentence
it contains one independent clause and one (or more) dependent clause(s).
e.g.:
1. Although I like to go camping, I haven’t got the time to go lately, and I haven’t found
anyone to go with
2. I wanted to travel after I graduated from collage; however, I have to work immediately
3. The woman who wears a red jacket is my sister, and she is a lovable person
PRACTICE!!
Write 10 sentences which are contains simple, compound, complex and compound-
complex sentences. The sentences must be related to collage life!