Kinds of Sentences

*Samples are on page 49

Simple Sentence:

· One independent clause

· No dependent clauses

· May contain phrases

· May have more than one subject or verb

Ex: The man and his daughter were upset.

Compound Sentence:

· Two or more independent clauses

· No dependent clauses

· Join with “, and a FANBOY” or “;”

*Coordinating Conjunctions: for and nor but or yet so

Ex: The man and his daughter were upset, but the lady was frightened. The man was upset; the lady was frightened.

Complex Sentence:

· One independent clause

· One or more dependent clauses

*Use a comma after a dep. clause that appears before the main clause.

Ex: Because the girl was ill, she stayed home from school.

*A relative clause can be the dependent clause in a complex sentence.

Ex: The school that she attended had a very strict absence policy.

Compound/complex Sentence:

· Two or more independent clauses

· One or more dependent clauses

Ex: Because she stayed home from school, she didn’t get the homework, so her friend brought it to her.