Types of Sentence

SENTENCE STRUCTURE

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Kinds of Sentences:

1. Simple sentence

    It consists of an independent clause (IC). Note: IC has a complete meaning.

    E.g. My aunt gives me a red rose. I refuse it. I don't like it. I prefer white rose.

                           IC                             IC             IC                     IC

2. Compound sentence

    It consists of two or more independent clauses (ICs)

    E.g. My aunt gives me a red rose, but I refuse it. I don't like it. I prefer white rose.

                           IC                                  IC

3. Complex sentence

    It consists of an independent clause and a dependent clause (DC).

    Note: DC has not yet had a complete meaning unless it is attached to an IC)

    E.g. When my aunt gives me a red rose, I refuse it. I don't like it.

                               DC                                 IC

4. Compound-complex sentence

    It consists of two or more independent clauses and dependent clauses.

    E.g. When my aunt gives me a red rose, I refuse it because I don't like it

                          DC                                     IC                   DC

           and I prefer a white rose.

                            IC

General Information:

Complete Sentence

a. It contains the information of such as "who/what does what?"

    E.g. The gardeners (who) plant (does) the flowers (what/object)

b. It contains the information of such as "who/what is what/how/why?"

    E.g. Hanging out (what is being talked about) is fun (why/so what)

Additional Information:

a. Compound Sentence

    It is marked by the following coordinators or sentence connectors

   

Coordinator	Sentence Connectors
And	Besides, Furthermore, Moreover, Also
But / Yet	However, Neverthelss, Nonetheless
Or	Otherwise
So	Accordingly, Consequently, Hence, Therefore, Thus

b. Complex Sentence

   It is divided into 3 forms.

   1. Adverbial Clause

       It is marked by the following:

  

Category	Adverbial  Subordinators
Time	when, whenever, while, as soon as, after, since, as, before, until
Place	where, anywhere, wherever, everywhere
Distance/frequency	as+adverb+as
Manner	as, as if, as though
Reason	because, as, since
Result	so+adj+that, so+adverb+that, such a+noun phrase+that, so much/many/little/few+noun phrase+that
Purpose	so that, in order that
Concession (unexpected)	although, though, even though
Contrast	while, whereas

2. Adjective / Relative Clause

   It is marked by the following:

          who, whom, which, whose, that, where, when, and why

  E.g. The woman who plants the rose is my aunt.

         The reason why she died is still a mystery.

         The rumor that she spreads doesn't make sense.

3. Noun Clause

    It is marked by the following:

             That, where, which, how, whether, if

    E.g. I can't tell you how the conflict started out.

          The manager says that there will be a rise in salary.