GRAMMER GURUS

SENTENCE TYPES NATHANIEL

AND….SPIVEY,CHRISTEN,AND JORDAN

4 SENTENCE TYPES

SIMPLECOMPOUNDCOMPLEXCOMPOUND-COMPLEX

SIMPLE

DEF: CONTAINS ONE INDEPENDANT CLAUSE AND NO SUBORDINATE CLAUSESEX: WHERE IS MY HOT DOG?

COMPOUND

DEF: TWO OR MORE INDEPENDENT CLAUSES MAKE UP A COMPOUND SENTENCEEX: KIM AND MOUREEN READ EACH OTHERS SHORT STORIES,AND THEY GAVE EACH OTHER SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS

COMPLEX

DEF: A COMPLEX SENTENCE CONTAINS ONE INDEPENDENT CLAUSE AND AT LEAST ONE SUBORDINATE CLAUSEEX: THE BOY WHO LEFT IS MY COUSIN

COMPOUND-COMPLEX

Def: CONTAINS TWO OR MORE INDEPENDENT CLAUSES AND AT LEAST ONE SUBORDINATE CLAUSES.EX: THE BAND BEGAN TO PLAY,AND SPIVEY WAS PULLED ONTO THE FLOOR FOR A DANCE THAT WAS STARTING.

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