Sentences: Types of Sentence Structures

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Ivan
Learning the different types of sentence structures depending on the subject and predicate as well the types of clauses and conjunctions used.
1. Sentence Structure:
Sentence Types
2. Sentence Types
* Simple
* Compound
* Complex
* Compound-Complex
3. Basic Elements of Every Sentence
4. Basic Elements

5. Simple Sentence
6. Simple Sentence
* Asimple sentence has one subject and one

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Observe how a simple sentence is constructed:
8. Simple Sentence
Corp) Coe Pepe es


9. SIMPLE SENTENCE
one subject one predicate

10. Simple Sentence

11. Simple Sentence

Compound Subject Compound Predicate

12.

SIMPLE SENTENCE
with compound subject

oy een Ela a Cl ae

13.
SIMPLE SENTENCE
with compound subject
compound predicate



Tom and Mary play tennis and
14. Compound Sentence
15. Compound Sentence
A compound sentence has more than one
part that can stand alone (independent
* Independent clauses are connected by
coordinating conjunctions, conjunctive
adverbs or a semi-colon.
16. Compound Sentence
17. Compound Sentence

18. Compound Sentence
Use of Coordinating Conjunctions
19. Compound Sentence

20.

COMPOUND SENTENCE:
COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS


21.

COMPOUND SENTENCE:
COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

Tom swims, and Mary plays tennis.
Clause 1 Clause 2
Independent Independent

22.
COMPOUND SENTENCE:
COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS



Body ee lee me lava ye em ae



Comma before “‘and”’
in compound
oaltes eree!
23.

COMPOUND SENTENCE:
Coo) NUN Ton AY VO) 3151253



24.

COMPOUND SENTENCE:
CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS

Bob is handsome; moreover, he is rich.
Clause 1 Clause 2
Independent Independent

25.
COMPOUND SENTENCE:
CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS



Bob is handsome; moreover, he is rich.


Note: Semicolon
loo KooKeMeO NEAL
adverb and comma
after conjunctive adverb!




26. Conjunctive Adverbs “float”
* Conjunctive adverbs are
sometimes called “floating”
adverbs because they can be
positioned at the beginning, in the
middle, or at the end of a clause.
27.

CONJUNCTIVE ADVERB:
AT THE BEGINNING, IN THE MIDDLE,AT THE END

Bob is handsome; moreover, he is rich.
Bob is handsome; he is, moreover, rich.
Bob is handsome; he is rich, moreover.

28. ° “If the relation between the ideas
expressed in the main clauses is
very close and obvious without a
conjunction, you can separate the
clauses with a semicolon” (Little,
Brown Handbook, 9th Edition, p.
29. COMPOUND SENTENCE:
Tom has benefited from his exercise
program; he is slim and energetic.
30. Complex Sentence
31. Complex Sentence
* A complex sentence has at least two
parts: one that can stand alone and
another one that cannot
* The part that cannot stand alone is linked
to the rest of the sentence by a
subordinating conjunction
32. Complex Sentence

33. Complex Sentence
we nt
Part that cannot stand alone
oral peerage




34. Complex Sentence
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35. Complex Sentence
[een toush |
36. COMPLEX SENTENCE:
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
The most common subordinating
conjunctions are "after," "although,"
"as," "because," "before," "how,"
mW "since," "than,"
"if," "once,
"that," though," "till," "until,"
"when," "where," whether,” and


37.

COMPLEX SENTENCE:
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

Bob is popular even though he is ugly.
Clause 1
Clause 2

38.

COMPLEX SENTENCE:
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

Even though Bob is ugly, he is popular.
Clause 1 Clause 2
Dependent Independent

39. Compound-Complex Sentence
40. Compound-Complex Sentence
* This type of sentence has more than one
part that can stand alone, and at least one
that cannot.
* Conjunctions link the different parts of this
41. Compound-Complex Sentence
42. Compound-Complex Sentence


Part that cannot stand alone





my boyfriend and I [

43. Compound-Complex Sentence
















44. Say if the following sentences are:
Simple, compound, complex or
45. . The bell rang.
. Bridget ran the first part of the race, and Tara
biked the second part.
. He stands at the bottom of the cliff while the
climber moves up the rock.
. The skier turned and jumped.
. Naoki passed the test because he studied
hard and understood the material.
46. Mg gh) IS [>
47. . Because Kayla has so much climbing
experience , we asked her to lead our group.
. You and | need piano lessons.
. | planned to go to the hockey game, but |
couldn’t get tickets.
. Dorothy likes white water rafting, but she
also enjoys kayaking.
. There are many problems to solve before this
program can be used, but engineers believe
that they will be able to solve them soon.
48. 1 eS) IS) [=
49. Writing Academic English, Second Edition, by Alice
Oshima and Ann Hogue. White Plains: Addison,
Wesley, Longman, 1999.
The Little, Brown Handbook, by H. Ramsey Fowler and
Jane E. Aaron, Pearson, 2004.