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Simple, Complex and Compound Sentences

This document defines and provides examples of simple, compound, and complex sentences. A simple sentence contains one subject and one predicate. A compound sentence joins two independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction. A complex sentence contains an independent clause and at least one dependent clause. Sentences can be converted between these types by expanding or contracting clauses.

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Simple, Complex and Compound Sentences

This document defines and provides examples of simple, compound, and complex sentences. A simple sentence contains one subject and one predicate. A compound sentence joins two independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction. A complex sentence contains an independent clause and at least one dependent clause. Sentences can be converted between these types by expanding or contracting clauses.

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Simple , Compound

& Complex
Sentences
What is a Sentence ?
A Sentence is a group of words that can
make sense on its own.
A sentence needs to have a subject and a
predicate.
Subject
The subject of the sentence is what (or whom)
the sentence is about.

In the sentence “The boy is sleeping in the sun,”


the word boy is the subject.
Predicate
A predicate is the part of a sentence, or a
clause, that tells what the subject is doing
or what the subject is.

In the sentence “The boy is sleeping in the


sun.” The clause sleeping in the sun is the
predicate; it’s dictating what the boy is
doing.
Types of sentences

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● Com󰈥󰈡󰉊󰈞d Se󰈝󰉄󰈩n󰇹󰇵

● Com󰈥󰈘󰈩x S󰇵󰈝󰉄en󰇹󰈩
Simple Sentences
A simple sentence has one subject and
one predicate. It is a basic sentence that
expresses a complete thought.

Mary ate an apple

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Eg:-
1. The baby cried for food

● There is a subject and a verb that expresses a complete


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thought.

2. Professor Maple’s intelligent students completed and


turned in their homework.
● A simple sentence does not necessarily have to be
short. It can have adjectives. In this case, there are two
verbs “completed” and “turned in.” However, the
sentence expresses one complete thought and
therefore is a simple sentence.
Compound Sentences
● A compound sentence contains two main clauses
joined by a comma, and, a coordinating
conjunction or a semicolon.

● Basically, a compound sentence contains two


independent clauses . These independent clauses
are joined by a coordinating conjunction

Eg. I waited for the bus, but it was late.

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Compound sentences are connected with
coordinating conjunctions.
F - for
When there are two independent
A - and clauses joined by one of these
N - nor coordinators that is a compound
B - but sentence.
O - or
Usually a comma is required before the
Y - yet coordinator.
S - so
Eg:-
1. The shoplifter had stolen clothes, so he ran once he
saw the police.
● Both sides of the conjunction "so" are complete
sentences. "The shoplifter had stolen clothes" can stand
alone and so can “he ran once he saw the police."
Therefore, this is a compound sentence.

2. They spoke to him in Spanish, but he responded in


English.
● This is also a compound sentence that uses a
conjunction to separate two independent clauses.
Compound sentences

● Can make writing rich and colourful.

● Provide more details and make paragraphs more


interesting and engaging.

● When forming compound sentences, it is important to


understand the component of the compound sentence
and to use proper punctuation to join clauses.
Complex Sentences
● A complex sentence contains a main clause and
one or more dependent clauses.

● A dependent clause either lacks a subject or


a verb or has both a subject and a verb that
does not express a complete thought.
● Dependent clause cannot stand alone as a
sentence but they can be added to an
independent clause to form a complex sentence

● A complex sentence always has a subordinator


(as, because, since, after, although, when) or
relative pronouns (who, that, which).
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after unless
also until
as when
because whenever
before whereas
even though wherever
if while
since though
Eg :-
After eating lunch at The Cheesecake Factory,
Tim went to the gym to exercise.

● The independent clause is 'Tim went to the


gym to exercise."
● The subordinating clause before it is
dependent on the main, independent clause.
● If one were to say “after eating lunch at The
Cheesecake Factory," it would be an
incomplete thought.
Conversion
- Sim󰈥󰈘󰈩 t󰈢 Co󰈚󰈦l󰈩󰉕

- Com󰈥󰈘󰈩x 󰉃󰈢 Co󰈛p󰈡󰉊󰈝󰇶
Sim󰈥󰈘󰈩 t󰈢 Co󰈚󰈦l󰈩󰉕
A Simple sentence can be converted into a Complex
sentence by expanding the word or phrase into a
Subordinate clause
Example -
Simple - He confessed his crime.
Complex - He confessed that he was guilty.
Simple - He succeeded unexpectedly.
Complex - He succeeded although his success was not
excepted.
Com󰈥󰈘󰈩x 󰉃󰈢 Co󰈛p󰈡󰉊󰈝󰇶
To change a complex sentence into a compound
sentence by changing a dependent clause into an
independent clause.
Example -
Complex - We can prove that the earth is round.
Compound - The earth is round, and we can prove it.
Complex - If you do not hurry you will miss the train.
Compound - You must hurry, or you will miss the train.
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