This document discusses four types of sentences: simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex. It provides examples and definitions of each. A simple sentence contains a subject and verb and expresses one thought. A compound sentence uses a conjunction to join two independent clauses. A complex sentence uses a subordinating conjunction to join an independent and dependent clause. A compound-complex sentence contains at least two independent clauses joined by a conjunction as well as at least one dependent clause.

2. TYPES OF SENTENCES:
Four types of sentences:
• Simple
• Compound
• Complex
• Compound- complex

3. SIMPLE SENTENCES:
• A simple sentence contains a subject and a verb.
• A simple sentence is an independent clause.
• A simple sentence expresses one complete thought.
Examples:
The dog barked.
The house was very tall.
Some students like to study in the mornings.

4. COMPOUND SENTENCES:
• Compound sentences contain a conjunction.
• Compound sentences contain 2 INDIPENDENT clauses.
Examples:
I had soccer after school, so Ellie could not come over.
Joseph played football, and we went shopping.

5. COMPLEX SENTENCES:
• A complex sentence is a sentence with an INDIPENDENT
clause combined with a DEPENDENT clause.
• The two clauses are joined by a subordinating
conjunction at the beginning of the DEPENDENT clause.
Examples:
The students are studying, because they have a test
tomorrow.
The students stopped studying, because they had to go to
class.

6. COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCES
• Compound-complex sentences are sentences with at least
two INDIPENDENT clauses and at least one DEPENDENT
clause.
• The same coordinating conjunction joins the INDIPENDENT
clauses.
• The same subordinating conjunctions are used before the
DEPENDENT clause.
Examples:
After the team won their game, they shook hands with the other
team, and they went for ice-cream.
Although I like to go camping, I haven’t had the time to go
lately, and I haven’t found anyone to go with.

7. CLAUSES
Independent clauses:
• An independent clause is a clause that can stand by itself.
• Ex:
• The dog ran away
• I liked the paint color we chose.
Dependent clauses:
• An dependent clause is a clause that cannot stand by itself.
• Ex:
• Because the cat ran by.
• Which was blue.
Put the two clauses together and you get a complex sentence:
 The dog ran away, because the cat ran by.
 I liked the paint color we chose, which was blue.

8. CONJUNCTIONS
Subordinating conjunction:
• A subordinating conjunction
begins the dependent clause in a
complex sentence.
• Subordinating conjunctions:
• After
• Although
• As
• In order that
• At least
• Now what
• Wherever
• While
• Before
• Even though
• How
• If
• In as much
• When
• Whenever
• Whereas
• As thought because
• Even if
• Though
• Until
• Unless
• As if
• As long as
• As much as
• Soon
• Since
• So that
• that

9. CONJUNCTIONS CONT.
coordinating conjunctions:
• Coordinating conjunctions join independent clauses in a
compound-complex sentence.
• Coordinating conjunctions join the two independent clauses in a
compound sentence.
• Coordinating conjunctions (fanboys)
• For
• And
• Nor
• But
• Or
• Yet
• so