The document defines different types of sentences according to their structure. It explains that a simple sentence contains one independent clause, a compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a conjunction, and a complex sentence contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. It provides examples of each type of sentence structure. The document also briefly mentions that sentences can be classified according to their purpose, use, and function.

1. Types of
Sentences

2. Sentence
Group of words that
expresses a
complete thought.

3. •Subject
•Predicate

4. Clause
•Independent Clause /
Main Clause – A
statement that can act
as a complete
sentence.

5. Examples
•The dog barks.
•I wrote my first
letter.

6. Dependent Clause /
Subordinate Clause
• Cannot act as a complete
sentence because it begins
with a subordinating
conjunction or a relative
pronoun.

7. Example
•When the dog barks
•After I wrote my first
letter

8. Types of Sentences
•According to Structure
•According to Purpose
•According to Use
•According to Function

9. Types of Sentences
According to
Structure

10. •Simple Sentence
•Compound Sentence
•Complex Sentence
•Compound-Complex /
Complex-Compound
Sentence

11. Simple Sentence
•It consists of only
one independent
clause or main
clause.

12. A. 1 subject + 1 predicate
B. 2 subjects + 1 predicate
C.1 subject + 2 predicates
D. 2 subjects + 2 predicates

13. A. Lance is
laughing.
B. Lance and Rein
are laughing.

14. C. Lance is laughing
and shouting.
D. Lance and Rein are
laughing and shouting.

15. Compound Sentence
It consists of two
independent clauses
joined by coordinating
conjunction or a semi
colon.

16. For Or
And Yet
Nor So
But ;

17. •I wrote him a letter
but he did not reply.
•She failed many times
yet she is not
disappointed.

18. •I congratulate him
and he became
happy.
•I needed help; he
helped me.

19. Complex Sentence
•It consists of one main
clause/independent
clause and at least one
dependent
clause/subordinate
clause.

20. Remember!
•Dependent clause is
connected by
subordinating
conjunction or a
relative pronoun.

21. Subordinating Conjunctions
•Although, because,
since, unless, when,
as, even if, before

22. Relative Pronouns
•Who
•What
•When
•Which
•That

23. Complex Sentence
1 independent
clause +
1 dependent clause

24. •Although it is raining,
it is quiet hot today.
•It is quiet today
although it is raining.

25. •While fishing in the blue
lagoon, I caught a lovely
silver fish.
•Because my coffee was
too cold, I heated it in the
microwave.

26. •He still had feeling for
her after twenty years.
•I saw a man who was
wearing a white shirt.

27. Compound-Complex
Sentence
It has two independent
clauses joined to one
or more dependent
clauses.

28. 2 independent
clauses +
1 or more
dependent clause

29. I like Physics, but
my friend likes
Biology who wants
to become a doctor.

30. While Tom reads
novels, Jack reads
comics, but Sam
reads only
magazines.

31. She bought a
green shirt and I
bought a brown
shirt which looks
very decent.

32. Sarah cried when
her cat got sick, but
she became happy
when her cat got
better.

33. Identify each of the
following sentences
as simple,
compound, complex,
complex-compound

34. 1. I put a piece
of cantaloupe.

35. 2. I opened my
eyes and looked
up at the rain.

36. 3. My voice was
raspy, rough and
cracked.

37. 4. They say if you
step on a crack,
you will break your
mother’s back.

38. 5. I like the guy
that I met recently,
but he already has
a girlfriend.

39. 6. The coach and
his players
practiced
tirelessly.

40. 7. Bats like birds
can fly but they
belong to the group
of mammals.

41. 8. The phone
rang while I
was eating.

42. 9. I visited my
sister after I
mailed the letter.

43. 10. Sarah cried when
her cat got sick, but
she became happy
when her cat got
better.