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Sentences:: Simple, Compound, and Complex

This document discusses different types of sentences: simple sentences, compound sentences, and complex sentences. A simple sentence contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought. A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator like "and" or "but." A complex sentence contains an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses introduced by a subordinator such as "because" or "after." The document provides examples to illustrate each type of sentence and concludes with additional practice examples.

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Sentences:: Simple, Compound, and Complex

This document discusses different types of sentences: simple sentences, compound sentences, and complex sentences. A simple sentence contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought. A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator like "and" or "but." A complex sentence contains an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses introduced by a subordinator such as "because" or "after." The document provides examples to illustrate each type of sentence and concludes with additional practice examples.

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Sentences:  

Simple, Compound, and Complex

ENGLISH FOR ECONOMICS


Background

 Experienced writers use a variety of


sentences to make their writing
interesting and lively.
 Too many simple sentences, for
example, will sound choppy and
immature while too many long sentences
will be difficult to read and hard to
understand.
SIMPLE SENTENCE

A simple sentence, also called an


independent clause, contains a subject
and a verb, and it expresses a complete
thought.
 It can have compound subjects, and
compound verbs
Examples

A. Some students like to study in the


mornings.
B. Juan and Arturo play football every
afternoon.
C. Alicia goes to the library and studies
every day.
COMPOUND SENTENCE
A compound sentence contains two
independent clauses joined by a coordinator.
 The coordinators are as follows: for, and, nor,
but, or, yet, so (FANBOYS).
 Coordinators are always preceded by a
comma.
 The conscious use of coordinators can change
the relationship between the clauses.
Examples

A. I tried to speak Spanish, and my friend


tried to speak English.
B. Alejandro played football, so Maria
went shopping.
C. Alejandro played football, for Maria
went shopping.
COMPLEX SENTENCES

A complex sentence has an independent


clause joined by one or more dependent
clauses.
 A complex sentence always has a
subordinator such as because, since,
after, although, or when or a relative
pronoun such as that, who, or which.
Examples
A. When he handed in his homework, he forgot
to give the teacher the last page.
B. The teacher returned the homework after
she noticed the error.
C. The students are studying because they
have a test tomorrow.
D. After they finished studying, Juan and Maria
went to the movies.
E. Juan and Maria went to the movies after they
finished studying.
COMPLEX SENTENCES
with adjective clauses
 Sentences containing adjective clauses
(or dependent clauses) are also complex
because they contain an independent
clause and a dependent clause.
Examples

A. The woman who(m) my mom talked to


sells cosmetics.
B. The book that Jonathan read is on the
shelf
C. The house which Abraham Lincoln was
born in is still standing
D. The town where I grew up is in the
United States.
Practices
1. The teacher walked into the classroom, greeted 
the students, and took attendance.
2. Juan played football while Juanita went shopping
3. Juan played football, yet Juanita went shopping.
4. Although Mexico has the better football team, it 
lost.
5. The island was filled with many trails winding 
through the thick underbrush, a small lake, and 
dangerous wild pigs.
6. Naoki passed the test because he studied hard 
and understood the material

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