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Type

Simple Compound Complex

Sentence Sentence Sentence
 `xpress 1 idea and contains only 1 finite verb

Finite verb means is, am, and are

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i e is a
ood boy
ii  am hun
ry
iii That is a cat
ë n independent clause that contains subject
and verb

ë `

i Some 
   to work out in the mornin

a 
 is the subject
a  is the verb
ë contain a compound subjects or verbs
ë `

i uan and rturo play football every
afternoon

a uan and rturo is a compound subjects

ii licia
oes to the library and studies every day

a
oes and studies is compound verbs

ë way express :
a) n assertion : a declaration
i ll men die 
b)  command : to order
i  Come to medz
c)  question : act of askin

i  Will she comedz
d)  wish : to desire
i way you
row wiser ! 
ë  independent or main clauses joined to
ether
by a coordinator
ë `
of coordinator is :F
S
i



  


 

ë 
i  tried to speak Chinese, and my friend tried to
speak Tamil
1 oe waited for the train, V
the train was late
  looked for wary and Samantha at the bus
station, V
they arrived at the station before
noon and left on the bus before  arrived
 wary and Samantha arrived at the library
before noon,  they left by cab before 
arrived
 wary and Samantha
ot picked up by their
parents before  arrived,   did not see them at
parent pickup
 ë are joined by a coordinator with a comma precedin

it
ë the conscious use of coordinators can chan
e the
relationship between the clauses
ë `

i lejandro played football, so waria went shoppin

ii lejandro played football, for waria went shoppin

a n sentence i, which action occurred first? bviously, "lejandro
played football" first, and as a consequence, "waria went
shoppin

a n sentence ii, "waria went shoppin
" first n sentence ii,
"lejandro played football" because, possibly, he didn't have
anythin
else to do, Y
or  "waria went shoppin
"
ë an independent clause joined by one or more
dependent clauses
ë always has a subordinator
ë `
subordinators
c 
cc c

ccc Y


c 
  
 

vi a relative pronoun such as

  or c
ë `
of complex sentences
i When he handed in his homework, he for
ot to

ive the teacher the last pa
e
ii The teacher returned the
homework after she noticed the error
iii The students are studyin
because they have a
test tomorrow
iv fter they finished studyin
, uan and waria
went to the movies
v uan and waria went to the
movies after they finished studyin

a When a complex sentence be
ins with a subordinator
such as sentences i and iv, a comma is required at the
end of the dependent clause
a When the independent clause be
ins the sentence with
subordinators in the middle as in sentences ii, iii, and v,
no comma is required
a f a comma is placed before the subordinators in
sentences ii, iii, and v, it is wron

a ote that sentences iv and v are the same except
sentence iv be
ins with the dependent clause which is
followed by a comma, and sentence v be
ins with the
independent clause which contains no comma
a The comma after the dependent clause in sentence iv is
required, and experienced c


 of `n
lish will
often 
a sli
ht pause there
a n sentence v, however, there will be no pause when the
independent clause be
ins the sentence
ë Sentence containin
adjective clauses
(or dependent clauses) are also complex
because they contain an independent
clause and a dependent clause

ë n these sentences, the independent

clauses are also underlined
i The woman who(m) my mom talked
to sells cosmetics

ii The book that onathan read is on the shelf

iii The house which braham Lincoln was born

in is still standin

iv The town where 
rew up is in the United

States