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Four Sentence Types. Grammar Made Clear and Simple by Stephanie Owings. There are four primary ways to construct a sentence!. Yes, there are more than four all together, but the four most common sentence forms, and the ones I want you to think about and practice are as follows: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Four Sentence TypesGrammar Made Clear and Simple by
Stephanie Owings
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Yes, there are more than four all together, but the four most common sentence forms, and the ones I want you to think about and practice are as follows:
1. The simple sentence2. The compound sentence3. The complex sentence4. The compound complex sentence.
There are four primary ways to construct a sentence!
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The simple sentence = Subject + Verb
The subject does the action.
The verb is the action.
The simple sentence…
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The Simple sentence is also known as (a.k.a.) a complete sentence or an independent clause.
For example:
We drove from Connecticut to Tennessee in one day.We = (subject)drove = (verb)from Connecticut to Tennessee = (prepositional phrase)in one day = (prepositional phrase)
“the simple sentence”
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The compound sentence = subject (s) + verb (v) (,) (comma) (coordinating conjunction) subject (s) + verb (v).
Another way to look at it is…
The compound sentence = a simple sentence + coordinator + simple sentence = compound
sentence.
The Compound Sentence
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Since the compound sentence is made of two separate sentences, it must be separated by a comma and a coordinating conjunction word (like “and,” “or,” “nor,” “so,” “yet,” “for,” and “but”).
“compound sentence”…
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A COMMA ALONE IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO SEPARATE TWO COMPLETE SENTENCES!!
When you use a comma to separate two simple sentences it is called a “COMMA SPLICE.” It is a grammar error.
‘comma’ and ‘coordinator’…
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Compound sentence is more than one independent clause
For example:We were exhausted, but we arrived in time for my father's birthday party. We = subjectwere exhausted = past tense helping verb and a regular verb, but = comma and coordinating conjunction separating two independent clauseswe = subjectarrived = verbin time for my father’s birthday party = prepositional phrase
“compound sentence”
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The complex sentence = simple sentence a.k.a. (also known as) an independent clause + dependent clause.
The complex sentence
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A clause is made up of a subject + a verb.
◦ However, clauses can be independent (which means they can stand alone) or dependent (which means they need to be attached to an independent clause in order to make sense.)
What is a “clause”…
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Complex sentence = one independent clause and at least one dependent clause
For example:Although he is now 79 years old, he still claims to be 65.although = subordinating conjunctionhe = subjectis = linking verbnow = adverb79 years old = subject complement (adjective), = comma indicates the separation of a dependent clause and an independent clausehe = subjectstill = adverbclaims = verb to be 65 = …
“complex sentence”
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Practice writing a simple, a compound, and a compound complex sentence.
Grammar can be fun!
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The compound complex sentence = a compound sentence + a complex sentence.
◦ (s + v, coordinating conjunction s + v, subordinating conjunction + s + v = compound complex sentence).
The compound complex sentence
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Compound-complex = more than one independent clause and at least one dependent clause
For example:
After it was all over, my dad claimed he knew we were planning something, but we think he was really surprised.“After it was all over” = dependent clause“my dad claimed he knew we were planning something” = independent clause“, but” = comma and a coordinating conjunction“we think he was really surprised” = independent clause
“compound complex sentence”
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Don’t take my word for it. Look up the four sentence types in your text book, Grammar Resource Website or go to My Writing Lab.
For further information…
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