This document provides examples and explanations of different types of sentences: simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex. It defines each sentence type and provides examples. It then gives a practice activity where the reader must identify and classify sentences as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex by underlining clauses. The document concludes by checking the reader's work on classifying the practice sentences.

2. Great minds
discuss ideas.

3. You either die a
hero, or you live
long enough to see
yourself become a
villain.
-Batman, Batman
Begins

4. If you build it, he
will come.
-Shoeless Joe
Jackson, Field of
Dreams

5. Summer romances begin
for all kinds of reasons, but
when all is said and done,
they have one thing in
common.
-Allie, The Notebook

7. 1. Simple
2. Compound
3. Complex
4. Compound-complex

8. 1. SIMPLE SENTENCE
-a very basic sentence that
contains a subject and a
predicate
-expresses a single idea or
thought

9. The subject and/or the
predicate in a simple
sentence can be simple
and/or compound.
Take note:

11. Great minds
discuss ideas.
Simple
Subject
Simple
Predicate

12. Example:
Elis
will sing in
the talent
show.
Simple
Subject
Simple
Predicate

13. Elis and Nicole
will sing in the
talent show.
Compound
Subject
Simple
Predicate

14. Elis
will sing and
dance in the talent
show.
Simple
Subject
Compound
Predicate

15. Elis and Nicole
will sing and
dance in the talent
show.
Compound
Subject
Compound
Predicate

16. 2. COMPOUND
SENTENCE
-made up of two or
more simple sentences
with ideas that are
closely related

17. -may be joined by a comma
(,) and the coordinating
conjunctions (FANBOYS)
-sometimes, a semicolon (;)
is used to join compound
sentences

18. Example:
Elis will sing in the
talent show, and
we expect her to
win first place.

19. Example:
Elis will not sing
in the talent
show; I will take
her place.

20. Example:
Archimedes had
many discoveries,
but the law of
buoyancy is the most
popular of all.

21. Example:
Did he conduct
experiments to test
his ideas, or did he
invent different
useful machines?

22. 3. COMPLEX SENTENCE
-consists of one independent
clause and at least one
dependent clause joined by
subordinating conjunction or
relative pronoun

23. Clause
-a collection of words that
has at least one subject and
at least one predicate

24. Types of Clause:
1. Independent Clause
- composed of a subject and
a predicate
-always serves as a simple
sentence

25. Examples:
a. She is wearing a shirt.
b. I met the woman.
c. You can’t pass the test.

26. 2. Dependent Clause
-provides an independent
clause with additional
information, but cannot
stand alone as a sentence

27. -uses subordinating
conjunction (because,
although, since, when,
unless, etc.) or relative
pronoun (that, who,
which, etc.)

28. Examples:
a. which looks nice
b. who had helped me
c. unless you studied
for it

29. Examples:
1. She is wearing a shirt
which looks nice.
Independent
Clause
Dependent
Clause

30. Examples:
2. I met the woman
who had helped me.
Independent
Clause
Dependent
Clause

31. Examples:
3. Unless you studied
for it, you can’t pass the
test.
Dependent Clause
Independent
Clause

32. 4. COMPOUND -
COMPLEX SENTENCE
-consists of two or more
independent clauses and
one or more dependent
clauses

33. Examples:
1. He went to farm and I
went to bookstore
where I bought a book.
Independent
Clauses
Dependent
Clause

34. 2. There were firefighters
who gave up their lives in
the call of duty, but they
were not given recognition
and honors for their
heroism.

35. 3. Although Sara
called out for Charlie,
no one answered, and
Sara was scared.

36. Now,
let’s practice!

37. In each of the following
sentences, underline once the
independent clause and twice
the subordinate clause. Then,
on the line provided, classify
each sentence by writing S for
simple, Cd for compound, Cx
for complex, or Cd-Cx for
compound-complex.

38. __________ 1. Suspense novels
are extremely popular, and
many readers especially enjoy
those by Agatha Christie.
__________ 2. Christie’s first
detective novel was The
Mysterious Affair at Styles.

39. __________ 3. When I visited
England last summer, I saw The
Mousetrap, a suspense play by
Christie, and I also toured her
home in Devon.
__________ 4. Because the clues
in The Mousetrap were hidden so
well, the ending surprised nearly
everyone in the audience.

40. __________ 5. Currently, I
am reading Death on the
Nile; I have not seen the
movie yet.

41. Let’s
Check!

42. Cd 1. Suspense novels are
extremely popular, and
many readers especially
enjoy those by Agatha
Christie.

43. S 2. Christie’s first
detective novel was The
Mysterious Affair at
Styles.

44. Cd-Cx 3. When I visited
England last summer, I saw
The Mousetrap, a suspense
play by Christie, and I also
toured her home in Devon.

45. Cx 4. Because the clues in
The Mousetrap were hidden
so well, the ending
surprised nearly everyone
in the audience.

46. Cd 5. Currently, I
am reading Death on
the Nile; I have not
seen the movie yet.