FOUR STRUCTURES OF SENTENCES SIMPLE SENTENCE CONTAINS A

FOUR STRUCTURES OF SENTENCES

SIMPLE SENTENCE • CONTAINS A SINGLE INDEPENDENT OR MAIN CLAUSE. • SUBJECT, VERB, OR BOTH MAY BE COMPOUND. • MAY HAVE MODIFYING PHRASES AND COMPLEMENTS. • CANNOT HAVE A SUBORDINATE CLAUSE • EXAMPLES: • THE RAIN FELL. • DAN AND I MADE THE COFFEE. • NEITHER THE TEACHER NOR THE STUDENT HEARD THE ALARM OR SAW SMOKE.

COMPOUND SENTENCE • CONTAINS TWO OR MORE MAIN CLAUSES. • CAN BE JOINED BY A COMMA OR SEMICOLON AND A COORDINATING CONJUNCTION • AND, BUT, FOR, NOR OR, SO, YET • CONTAINS NO SUBORDINATE CLAUSES • EXAMPLE: • AN AMERICAN BRIDE OFTEN CARRIES FLOWERS AT HER WEDDING, AND SHE THROWS THE FLOWERS AT THE END.

COMPLEX SENTENCE • CONSISTS OF ONE INDEPENDENT OR MAIN CLAUSE AND ONE OR MORE SUBORDINATE CLAUSES. • THE INDEPENDENT CLAUSE IN A COMPLEX SENTENCE IS CALLED THE MAIN CLAUSE TO DISTINGUISH IT FROM THE SUBORDINATE CLAUSE OR CLAUSES. • THE SUBJECT AND VERB IN THE INDEPENDENT CLAUSE ARE CALLED THE SUBJECT OF THE SENTENCE AND THE MAIN VERB.

COMPLEX SENTENCE • EXAMPLES: • NO ONE MOVED WHEN HE SANG. • THE BOUQUET OF FLOWERS THAT THE GIRL CARRIED DIDN’T HAVE ANY LILIES. • COMPLEX SENTENCES WITH NOUN CLAUSES • THE SUBJECT OF THE MAIN CLAUSE MAY SOMETIMES BE THE SUBORDINATE CLAUSE ITSELF. • THAT HE WANTED TO RUN UPSET THEM.

COMPOUND COMPLEX SENTENCES • CONSISTS OF TWO OR MORE INDEPENDENT CLAUSES AND ONE OR MORE SUBORDINATE CLAUSES. • EXAMPLE: • THE DECK BOARDS SPLINTER WHEN IT SNOWS HEAVILY, AND WE HAVE TO REPAIR THE WOOD FINISH SO THAT THE SPLINTERS ARE COVERED.

PRACTICE ASSIGNMENTS o STEP 1: COMPLETE PRACTICE 15. 3 A QUESTIONS 1 -10 ON PAGE 394. (LABEL 15. 3 A) o STEP 2: COMPLETE PRACTICE 15. 3 B QUESTIONS 11 -20 ON PAGE 394 (LABEL 15. 2 B) o STEP 3: USING THE GRAMMAR ANSWER BOOK CHECK EACH ANSWER. CORRECT YOUR ANSWERS USING A DIFFERENT COLOR OF WRITING. PROVIDE ONE-TWO COMPLETE SENTENCE EXPLANATION ON WHY THAT IS THE CORRECT ANSWER. o COMPLETED BY: