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Posted on Wednesday, 2 April 2014 at 09:49

SENTENCE STRUCTURES

Simple Sentences

1. 1 subject + 1 verb

For example : Ali is eating.

Ali is the subject and eating is the verb.

2. Compound subject + 1 verb

For example : Ali and Abu are eating.

Ali and Abu is the compound (combined) and eating is verb.

3. 1 subject + compound verb

For example : Ali is eating and watching TV.

Ali is the subject, eating and watching TV is the compound (combined) verb.

4. Compound subject + compound verb.

For example : Ali and Abu are eating and watching TV.

Ali and Abu is the compound subject, eating and watching is the compound verb.

Compound Sentence

*Two independent clauses joined together using coordinating conjunctions.

FANBOYS

1. For

2. And

3. Nor

4. But

5. Or

6. Yet

7. So

For example :

1. Ali is playing for his school team.

2. Ali or Abu is hungry right now?

It MUST be in a form of 1 independent clause + 1 independent clause.

Complex Sentence

1 independent clause + 1 or more dependent clauses by using subordinating or coordinating conjunctions.

For example :

1. She returned to the computer after she noticed it was damaged

2. Wherever you go, you can always find beauty.

Compound – Complex Sentence

2 independent clause + 1 or more dependent clauses by using subordinating or coordinating conjunctions.

For example :

Ali is eating and Abu is watching TV but both are bored.

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