Sentence Structure

• Types of Clauses:

  • Independent Clauses
  • Dependent Clauses
• Independent Clauses

  • Contains one or more complete thoughts or ideas.
  • Can stand alone.
• Dependent Clauses

  • It does not contain a full thought.
  • It can't stand alone.
• Types of Sentence Structure:

  1. Simple Sentence
  2. Compound Sentence
  3. Complex Sentence
  4. Compound-Complex Sentence
• Simple Sentence

  • Contains only 1 independent clause.
  • Also called Main Clause.
• Compound Sentence

  • Contains 2 or more independent clausrs.
  • Connected by a coordinating conjunction.
• Complex Sentence

  • Contains 1 independent clause and 1 or more dependent clauses.
  • Connected by a subordinating conjunction.
• Compound-Complex Sentence

  • Contains 2 or more independent clauses and atleast 1 dependent clauses.