Scribd
Upload
2 views

Sentence Structure

The document explains the structure and types of sentences in the English language, defining a sentence as a group of words that expresses a complete thought. It outlines the three main parts of a sentence: subject, predicate, and object, and describes four structural types: simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences, providing examples for each type. Additionally, it discusses the use of conjunctions and clauses in forming these sentence structures.

Uploaded by

rimsha Chaudhry A
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
2 views

Sentence Structure

The document explains the structure and types of sentences in the English language, defining a sentence as a group of words that expresses a complete thought. It outlines the three main parts of a sentence: subject, predicate, and object, and describes four structural types: simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences, providing examples for each type. Additionally, it discusses the use of conjunctions and clauses in forming these sentence structures.

Uploaded by

rimsha Chaudhry A
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 3

1

Sentence and structural types.

In English language different letters are combined to form words and different words are
combined to form phrases, and then the combination of different phrases lead to the formation of
sentences.

A sentence could be in various forms. It could be a simple sentence, a negative sentence, an


interrogative sentence, or a simple statement.

Definition of a sentence. A group of words that expresses a thought completely is termed as a


sentence.

Parts of a sentence.

A sentence has usually three parts.

 A subject, a predicate, and sometimes an object.

Subject. The part of a sentence that performs an action is called a subject. A subject is mainly,
the thing or the person about which something is being said.

Predicate; Is usually a part of a sentence that contains a verb. It describes what the subject is
doing or what is happening to the subject. In short, it provides more information about the
subject.

Object; Whoever or whatever receives the action is the object. The object is the recipient of the
action performed by the subject.

Examples;

 John ate food.

In the above sentence, John is the (subject), ate refers to the (predicate), and food is the (object).

 He. Pants poster.

He is the (subject), paints is the (predicate). And poster is the (object).

 The cat chased the mouse around the house.


2

The cat is the (subject). Chased the mouse around the house is the (predicate) including.
Chased as a verb,

mouse as an object,

around the house as an adverbial phrase.

Structural types of a sentence.

There are 4 structural types Of a sentence.

Simple sentence

Compound sentence.

Complex sentence.

Compound complex sentence.

Simple sentence.

A simple sentence has the most basic elements. A subject., a verb , and an object. It contains a
complete thought. It could also be referred to as an independent clause. It might be a part of a
compound or a complex sentence. But could also stand alone.

Examples.

 I like coffee.
 Mary likes tea
 The Earth goes round, the sun

All these sentences. Could also be termed as independent clauses. As they have. Proper subjects.
And predicates.

Compound sentence.

A compound sentence is made-up of two (or more) independent clauses or simple sentences,
joined by a conjunction or a semi colon. Each of the independent clauses could form a sentence
alone.

Examples.
3

 I like coffee, but Mary likes tea


 Our car broke down; we came last.
 Mary went to work, but John went to the party.

The coordinating conjunctions. Could be the words like; and, but, or, Nor, for, yet, so. Etc.

Complex sentences.

A complex sentence consists of an independent clause and at least one dependent clause. The
independent clause can stand alone as a complete sentence, but the dependent clause cannot
stand alone. Complex sentences often use subordinating conjunctions to connect the clauses. The
subordinating conjunctions could be words like; Because, although, since,.

Examples.

 We missed our plane because we were late


 Our dog barks when she hears a noise.
 He left in a hurry after he got a phone call.

The dependent clause usually starts with a subordinating conjunction or a relative pronoun

Subordinating conjunctions; After, although, as, because, before, If, once, since, then, though,
till.

Relative pronouns.; That, which who, whom, whose.

Compound complex sentences.

The compound complex sentences contain at least two independent clauses and one or more
dependent clause. They combine the features of both compound and complex sentences. This
means that a compound complex sentence has multiple independent clauses and at least one
dependent clause.

Example

 John didn’t come because he was ill, so Mary was not happy.
 He left in a hurry after receiving a phone call, but returned 5 minutes later.

You might also like