Grammar Reading For Week October 5: Sentence Types

SENTENCE TYPES
1. SIMPLE SENTENCE
Independent clause: a group of words containing a subject (usually the noun doing the action), a verb (action word or linking
verb, like “is”), and a complete thought (the sentence doesn’t leave you hanging); an independent clause could stand alone as its own complete sentence.

Nina wants to lose weight. She runs three miles a day.

2. COMPOUND SENTENCE
Method A

Method B:

Independent clause +

, for , and , nor , but , or , yet , so

+ independent clause.

Nina wants to lose weight, so she runs three miles a day.

Independent clause + ; + independent clause.

Nina wants to lose weight; she runs three miles a day.

Method C:
Independent clause +

; consequently, ; further,
; however,
; indeed,
; in fact,
; moreover,
; nevertheless, ; then,
; therefore,
; thus,

Nina wants to lose weight; consequently, she runs three miles a day.

+ independent clause.

3. COMPLEX SENTENCE

after until although what
as when because whenever before whereas even though whether if which since while that who though whom unless whose

+ independent clause.

Method A:
Independent clause +

Nina runs three miles a day because she wants to lose weight.

Method B:
Dependent/subordinate clause

+

Dependent/subordinate clause

After Though Although Unless As Until Because When Before Whenever Even though Whereas If Whether Since Whichever That While

independent clause ,

Since Nina wants to lose weight, she runs three miles a day.

4. COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCE
The clauses can be in any order in a compound-complex sentence. independent , for

independent + clause

After Though Although Unless
As Until Because When Before Whenever Even though Whereas If Whether Since Whichever That While

independent clause ,

Dependent/subordinate clause

+ clause

, and , nor , but , or
, yet , so

Since Nina wants to lose weight, she runs three miles a day, and she stopped eating fast food.