Kinds of Sentences
Kinds of Sentences
There are basically four kinds of sentences in English:
A.Simple Sentence
B.Compound Sentence
C.Complex Sentence
D.Compound Complex Sentence
The kind of sentence is determined by the kind of clauses used to form it.
A. A simple sentence is an independent clause
Example :
I enjoy playing tennis with my friends every weekend.
I enjoy playing tennis and look forward to it every weekend
My friends and I play tennis and go bowling every weekend.
B. Compound sentence is two or more independent clauses joined together in any one of three ways.
Example:
1. By a coordinating conjunction.
I enjoy playing tennis, but I hate playing golf
2. By a sentence connector
I enjoy playing tennis; however, I hate paying golf
3. By a semicolon
I enjoy playing tennis; I hate playing golf
C. A complex sentence is the combination of an independent clause and dependent clause. The two clauses may be in either order.
Example
Although I enjoy paying tennis, I hate golf.
I hate golf although I enjoy playing tennis.
D. A compound complex sentence is a combination of two or more independent clauses and one more dependent clauses.
Example:
I hate playing golf, but I enjoy playing tennis even though Iam not very good at it.