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Sentence Structure
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Sentence Structure
Subject
Who is doing the action?
Examples:
Mrs. Wilcox
The class
Alpha team
Verb
What's happening in the sentence?
THE ACTION WORD.
Examples:
runs
drinks
sleeps
You must have a subject & a verb to have a sentence.
Simple
A simple sentence is an independent clause with no conjunction or dependent clause.
Example
Mrs. Wilcox loves coffee.
#1
Compound
A compound sentence is two independent clauses joined by a conjunction (e.g., and, but, or, for, nor, yet, so).
#2
Example
Mrs. Wilcox loves coffee, but she only likes it from Starbucks.
#3
Complex
A complex sentence contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
The clauses in a complex sentence are combined with conjunctions and subordinators, terms that help the dependent clauses relate to the independent clause.
Subordinators can refer to the subject (who, which), the sequence/time (since, while), or the causal elements (because, if) of the independent clause.
Example
While Mrs. Wilcox was teaching, she was drinking her coffee.