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Usually think about a
sentence as it's skeleton, the skeleton has various bones and
these bones are put together to form different parts of the body. So sentences also are formed by words, the words are the bones and they are put together in
different ways to form sentences.
1-Simple Sentences
A simple sentence contains a single
subject and predicate. It describes only one thing, idea or question, and has
only one verb - it contains only an independent (main) clause.
Any independent clause can stand
alone as a sentence. It has a subject and a verb and expresses a complete
thought.
For Instance:
Kamal reads.
Even the addition of adjectives,
adverbs, and prepositional phrases to a simple sentence does not change it into
a complex sentence.
For example:
- The whit Dog with the red collar always
bark.
Even if you join several nouns with
a conjunction, or several verbs with a conjunction, it remains a simple sentence.
For example:
- The dog barked and growled loudly.
2- Compound Sentences
Compound sentences are made up of
two or more simple sentences combined using a conjunction such as and,
ororbut. They are made up of more than one
independent clause joined together with a co-ordinating conjunction.
For example:
"The sun was setting in the
west and the moon was just rising."
Each clause can stand alone as a
sentence.
For example:
"The sun was setting in the
west. The moon was just rising."
Every clause is like a sentence with
a subject and a verb. A coordinating conjunction goes in the middle of the
sentence, it is the word that joins the two clauses together, the most common
are (and, or, but)
For example:
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I walked to the market, but my
friend drove.
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I might watch the tv, or I
might go to my friends house.
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My father enjoyed the meal, but hedidn't like the meat.
3- Complex Sentences
Complex sentences describe more than
one thing or idea and have more than one verb in them. They are made up of more
than one clause, an independent clause (that can stand by itself) and a
dependent (subordinate) clause (which cannot stand by itself).
For example:
"My mother likes cat that eat fish."
Dependent clauses can be nominal, adverbial or adjectival.
