Syntax 4 types of sentences
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Week 12: Types of Sentences
Types of sentences
Types of sentences
Definition
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A simple sentence, also called an independent clause,
contains a subject and a verb, and it expresses a complete
thought.
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A compound sentence contains at least two independent
clauses joined by a coordinator. The coordinators are as
follows: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.
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A complex sentence has an independent clause joined by
one or more dependent clauses.
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A compound-complex sentence is made up of a
compound sentence and a complex sentence.
Simple
Compound
Complex
Compound complex
E.g.: All these books are mine.
E.g.: He was watching T.V and she was
cooking.
E.g.: He didn’t want to talk to whoever he
met in the London workshop.
E.g.: Having seldom talked anyone before,
the child simply wide opened his beautiful
eyes and looked at the stranger.
Types of sentences
By function
Statements
Questions
Commands
Exclamations
By function
Statements
Questions
Sentences in which the subject is alway
present and
generally precedes the verb.
E.g.: I couldn’t go to the meeting because I was sick.
Commands
Exclamations
By function
Statements
Questions
Yes – No Questions
Commands
Wh - Questions
Alternative Questions
Exclamations
Statements
By function
Questions
Yes – No Questions
Commands
Wh - Questions
Alternative Questions
Are you a dentist?
Who are you?
He didn’t finish it?
When did he leave?
Would you like tea,
coffee, or milk?
By function
Statements
Questions
Commands
Sentences that make use of the imperative mood in the main,
Exclamations
or sometimes of questions with the initial modal - particularly
with invitations or requests.
By function
Statements
Questions
Full exclamation
Short exclamation
Commands
Exclamations
By function
Full exclamation
Short exclamation
Statements
Questions
What an enormous crowd came!
How delightful her manners are!
Commands
Exclamations
By function
Statements
Questions
Full exclamation
Short exclamation
What a book!
How wonderful!
Commands
Exclamations
