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Four types of sentences and structures

2. Introduction
 Good morning class in my project I’ll be presenting the four sentence types
 I’ll also be presenting the four structures

3. Sentence structures
 There are four types of sentence structures
 You have simple sentences, which are made of one independent clause
 Compound sentences, which are made of two independent clauses
 Complex sentences, which are made of at least one independent clause and at
least one subordinate clause
 Compound-complex sentences, which are made of at least two independent
clauses and at least one subordinate clause

4. Sentence structures example
 Simple sentence- Alicia studies at the library.
 Compound sentence- Alicia studies at the library, and Mark reads books.
 Complex sentence- Alicia studies at the library, although Lilly doesn’t.
 Compound-complex sentence- Alicia studies at the library, Mark reads books,
but Lilly does neither.

5. Sentence purposes
 There are four types of sentence purposes
 A declarative sentence states a comment
 An imperative sentence gives a command
 An interrogative sentence asks a question
 An exclamatory sentence shows excitement or lots of emotion

6. Sentence purpose examples
 Declarative sentence- Alicia and her friends went to the movies.
 Imperative sentence- Go to theater seven on your left.
 Interrogative sentence- Do you want to buy snacks before the movie starts?
 Exclamatory sentence-Hurry up the movie is starting!

7. Citation
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