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    Sentence Structure:

    Sentence Types
    Sentence Types

    • Simple
    • Compound
    • Complex
    Basic Elements of Every Sentence

    SUBJECT PREDICATE
    Basic Elements

    SUBJECT PREDICATE

    Mary plays tennis.


    Simple Sentence
    Simple Sentence

    • A simple sentence has one subject and one

    predicate.
    Simple Sentence

    Observe how a simple sentence is constructed:

    We went to San Juan yesterday.


    Simple Sentence

    Pronoun Verb Prepositional phrase

    We went to San Juan .

    Simple subject Complete predicate


    SIMPLE SENTENCE

    SUBJECT PREDICATE

    Mary plays tennis.

    one subject one predicate


    Simple Sentence

    Tom and Mary play tennis.

    Compound Subject

    &
    Simple Sentence

    play tennis and swim.


    Tom and Mary

    Compound Subject Compound Predicate

    & &
    Compound Sentence
    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.
    Compound Sentence

    We went to San Juan, and

    most of us danced all night.


    Compound Sentence
    Subject Verb Prepositional phrase

    We went to San Juan,

    Coordinating
    Conjunction
    and most of us danced all night .

    Subject Verb Modifying phrase


    Compound Sentence

    Use of Coordinating Conjunctions

    SUBJECT VERB

    and

    SUBJECT VERB
    Compound Sentence
    Tom swims,

    and

    Mary plays tennis.


    COMPOUND SENTENCE:
    COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

    FOR
    AND
    NOR
    BUT
    OR
    YET
    SO
    COMPOUND SENTENCE:
    COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

    Tom swims, and Mary plays tennis.

    Clause 1 Clause 2
    Independent Independent
    COMPOUND SENTENCE:
    COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

    Tom swims, and Mary plays tennis.

    Comma before “and”


    in compound
    sentences!
    Complex Sentence
    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
    Complex Sentence

    Since my boyfriend and I wanted to have


    fun,
    we went to San Juan yesterday.
    Complex Sentence

    Since we wanted to have fun,

    Subordinating Part that cannot stand alone


    Conjunction

    Subject Predicate

    we went to San Juan yesterday.


    Complex Sentence

    SUBJECT VERB

    even though

    SUBJECT VERB
    Complex Sentence

    Bob is popular

    even though

    he is ugly.
    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."
    COMPLEX SENTENCE:
    SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

    Bob is popular even though he is ugly.

    Clause 1 Clause 2
    Independent Dependent
    COMPLEX SENTENCE:
    SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

    Even though Bob is ugly, he is popular.

    Clause 1 Clause 2
    Dependent Independent

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