1. Sentence Structure University of the Sacred Heart Department of Humanities Center for Language Development Across the Disciplines LAD

4. Simple Sentence We went to San Juan yesterday. Observe how a simple sentence is constructed:

5. Simple Sentence We went to San Juan . Pronoun Verb Simple subject Complete predicate Prepositional phrase

14. Compound-Complex Sentence Since we wanted to have fun, my boyfriend and I went to San Juan yesterday, and we danced all night.

15. Since we wanted to have fun , my boyfriend and I went to San Juan, and we danced all night . Subject Predicate Subordinating Conjunction Coordinating Conjunction Part that cannot stand alone Compound-Complex Sentence

17. Thank You Center for Language Development Across the Disciplines Prepared by: Thalia N. Nazario-Santiago Coordinator for the Center for Languages and Cultures April-June 2003 Revised by: Patricia Kidd August 2004 Revised by: Prof. Delia Serrano January 2005