Syntax 4 types of sentences

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Week 12: Types of Sentences

Types of sentences

• A simple sentence , also called an independent clause,

contains a subject and a verb, and it expresses a complete thought.

• A compound sentence contains at least two independent

clauses joined by a coordinator The coordinators are as

follows: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

• A complex sentence has an independent clause joined by

one or more dependent clauses

• A compound-complex sentence is made up of a

compound sentence and a complex sentence.

Compound complex

Complex

Compound

Simple E.g.: All these books are mine

E.g.: He was watching T.V and she was cooking

E.g.: He was watching T.V and she was cooking

E.g.: He didn’t want to talk to whoever he met in the London workshop

E.g.: He didn’t want to talk to whoever he met in the London workshop

E.g.: Having seldom talked anyone before, the child simply wide opened his beautiful eyes and looked at the stranger

E.g.: Having seldom talked anyone before, the child simply wide opened his beautiful eyes and looked at the stranger

Types of sentences

By function Statements

Questions Commands Exclamations

By function Statements

Questions

Commands

Exclamations

Sentences in which the subject is alway present and generally precedes the verb

E.g.: I couldn’t go to the meeting because I was sick

By function Statements

Questions

Commands

Exclamations

Yes – No Questions Wh - Questions Alternative Questions

By function Statements

Questions

Commands

Yes – No Questions Wh - Questions Alternative Questions

Are you a dentist?

He didn’t finish it?

Would you like tea, coffee, or milk?

Who are you?

When did he leave?

By function Statements

Questions

Commands

Exclamations

Sentences that make use of the imperative mood in the main,

or sometimes of questions with the initial modal - particularly with invitations or requests

By function Statements

Questions Commands Exclamations

Full exclamation

Short exclamation

By function Statements

Questions Commands Exclamations

Full exclamation

Short exclamation

What an enormous crowd came! How delightful her manners are!

By function Statements

Questions Commands Exclamations

Full exclamation

Short exclamation

What a book!

How wonderful!