Copy of Sentence Types

SENTENCE

TYPES

You can combine DEPENDENT and INDEPENDENT clauses to create FOUR kinds of sentences.

While he was living in St. Petersburg, Lenin worked with political agitators.

Lenin translated The Communist Manifesto before Stalin became his comrade.

Compound-

Complex

IC conj DC conj IC.

conj DC, IC conj IC.

Although he was old, the animals listened to Old Major, for he was wise.

Mr. Jones drank while he farmed, so his animals wanted a rebellion.

What are the errors?

Compound

B. Are these correct sentences? In your daybook record the number of any correct sentences and label their type: simple, compound, complex or compound/complex.

Complex

TWO independent clauses

held together by a coordinating conjunction

ONE independent clause

ONE dependent clause

IC.

IC,

for

and

nor

but

or

yet

so

IC + sub conj DC. (no comma)

Sub conj DC , IC. (see comma)

Run-on: a compound sentence with NO CONJUNCTION or punctuation.

IC IC.

Comma splice: a compound sentence held together with ONLY a comma. NO CONJUNCTION.

IC, IC.

Fragment: often a dependent clause by itself.

DC.

Engels and Marx authored The Communist Manifesto, yet Marx was the more influential of the two.

Stalin was Lenin's comrade, but Lenin disowned Stalin before his death.

CON

HV

AV

O-----------P

[

]

OP

AV

(

)

While he was living in St. Petersburg,

Lenin worked with political agitators.

Lenin translated The Communist Manifesto

before Stalin became his comrade.

D--------------------O

AV

(

)

(

)

D---------------------O

ADJ

LV

PN

[

]

OP

AV

)

Engels and Marx authored The Communist Manifesto, yet Marx

was the more influential of the two.

PA

CON

ADV

ADJ

LV

(

CON

)

PN

ADJ

)

OP

LV

Stalin was Lenin's comrade, but

Lenin disowned Stalin before his death.

DO

AV

(

1. Such as health insurance and things that the government helps pay for.

2. Although I try to entertain my son in old-fashioned ways, it's easier to reach into my pocket and just hand him the smartphone.

3. Some people don’t want taxes because they don’t want the government to control what they do with their money.

4. Under current laws, only people purchasing guns legally go through a background check, but it isn't always effective.

5. Learning basic skills, improving language, and higher paying jobs.

6. I am constantly looking over my shoulder for zombies.

7. There are hundreds of diet plans, most prove to be useless.

Thank you Richard Treat

Simple

ONE independent clause

IC

Anastasia and Alexei may not be buried with the family.

Nicholas II was the last czar of the Romanov dynasty.

The Bolsheviks imprisoned and executed Nicholas and his family.

[

LV

PA

ADJ

]

(

AV

O------P

)

LV

PA

(

Although he was old, the animals listened

to Old Major, for he was wise.

Mr. Jones drank while he farmed, so

his animals wanted a rebellion.

(

AV

)

AV

[

)

ADJ

(

]

AV

ADJ

DO

)

1 verb phrase;

done by both subjects

2 subjects;

can be combined as 'they'

OP

AV

HV

ADV

HV

Anastasia and Alexei may not be buried with the family.

CON

OP

PN

ADJ

1 subject;

1 verb

ADJ

Nicholas II was the last czar of the Romanov dynasty.

LV

DO

ADJ

CON

DO

AV

CON

The Bolsheviks imprisoned and executed Nicholas and his family.

AV

ADJ

2 verbs

done by the same subject

Subject/Predicate

We/will try.

My father/is not a good driver.

My mother/took the dog to the vet.

My brother/flies a helicopter.

Goals:

(1) to recognize sentence fragments and run-on sentences

(2) to use a variety of sentence types to improve your writing

1. Independent

Clause

2. Dependent Clause

Examples

A Subject + A Predicate

She laughed.

Clause

I can stand

on my own!

I called my sister.

A. Daybook Time. Copy down the sentences that CAN stand alone. There are four:

1. My best friend fell down some stairs

2. Although I wanted to sleep

3. Unless we start now

4. She never told me

5. What this school needs now

6. The future starts today

7. While I was gasping for breath

8. I got hurt

(verb, object, phrases governed by the verb)

(who performs the action)

Examples

My friend pretended to faint.

Nobody came to help her.

We need

support!

When I laughed, ...

If you had told me yesterday, ...

Because my best friend pretended to faint, ...