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1. COURSE: ADVANCED
GRAMMAR II
Topic: Types of Sentence
Structures
Lectured by : Hieng Sokhoeurn (Mr.), M.A. in TESOL
Email : sokhoeurn_loveyou@yahoo.com Tel : +855(0)16

2. 1. How many types of sentence structures?
1? 2? 3? 4?
Warm-up
2. What are they?

3. The Four Types of Sentence Structures

4. 1. Simple Sentence
 is a combination between the subject and the
predicate.
 has one independent clause and
I. Forms of Simple Sentences:
Su
b
Predicate
Examples
Sub Predicate
S V I
s
eat rice.
v
SS V My brother and I
s s
eat rice
v
S VV I
s
eat rice and drink water
v v
SS VV My brother and I
s s
eat rice and drink water.
v v
S+V (complete thought).
Independent Clause
(IC)

5. Practice: in your notebook
Compose two sentences of each form of Simple Sentences
SV :
1. ___________________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________________
SSV :
1. ___________________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________________
SVV :
1. ___________________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________________
SSVV:
1. ___________________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________________

6. 2. Compound Sentences
Compound: Contains two independent clauses
that are joined by a coordinating conjunction. (The
most common coordinating conjunctions are: but,
or, and so.)
SV , + Fanboys + SV
IC , + CC + IC

7. See example:
CLAUSE 1 CLAUSE 2
*FOR — REASON
Fans love to watch Anna. She dances beautifully.
Fans love to watch Anna, for¹ she dances beautifully.
(Fans love to watch Anna because she dances beautifully.)
AND — ADDITION
She is a graceful dancer. People enjoy watching her.
She is a graceful dancer, and people enjoy watching her.
NOR (NOT OR)
She hasn't taken dance lessons. She doesn't need to.
She hasn't taken dance lessons, nor does she need to.
She hasn't taken dance lessons, or she does not need to.

8. *BUT — CONTRAST/CONCESSION
Reaksmey loves novels Thisa loves comics.
Reaksmey loves novels, but Thisa loves comics.
*OR — OPTION / ALTERNATIVE
She can fill an audience with joy. She can bring people to tears.
She can fill an audience with joy, or She can bring people to tears.
*YET — CONTRAST/ CONCESSION
They are businessmen. They have not succeeded.
The are businessmen, yet they have not succeeded.
*SO — RESULT
Tomorrow I’m having an exam. I have to cramp my lesson from now on.
Tomorrow I’m having an exam, so I have to cramp my lesson from now on.

9.  1.(For):
 2.(and):
 3. (nor):
 4.(but):
 5.(or) :
 6. (yet):
 7.( so) :
Practice: in your notebook
Compose one sentence of each “Fanboys” of Compound Sentences

10. 3. Complex Sentences
 Complex: Contains an independent clause plus one or more
dependent clauses. (A dependent clause starts with a
subordinating conjunction. Examples: that, because, while,
although, where, if.)Complex Sentences Independence clause + Dependence clause
Adj Clause Adv clause N. clause
A. Adjective Clause
1.
B. Adverb Clause
2.
C. Noun Clause
3.
SV +subordinating conj +SV
Or Subordinating conj +SV, + SV

11. 4. Compound-Complex Sentences
 Compound-complex: Contains 3 or more clauses
(of which at least two are independent and one is
dependent).
1.
2.
SV, + fanboys +SV + SV+ subord conj + SV
Compound Complex

12. Wrap up Types of sentence Structures
1. Simple sentences:
2. Compound Sentences:
3. Complex Sentences:
4. Compound-Complex Sentences:

13. Practice: label each of the following sentences as
simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex.
 ____ 1. If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.
 ____ 2. The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the
bread.
 ____ 3. You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive.
 ____ 4. It takes about half a gallon of water to cook spaghetti, and about a
gallon of water to clean the pot.
 ____ 5. Monday is an awful way to spend one-seventh of your life.
 ____ 6. Genetics explains why you look like your father and if you don't,
why you should.
 ____ 7. To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your
principles.
 ____ 8. Two wrongs are only the beginning.
 ____ 9. When oxygen is combined with anything, heat is given off, a process
known as “constipation.”
 ____ 10. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is
research.

14. Any Questions or
Suggestion?
NO ?
THANKS!!