FOUR KINDS OF SENTENCES

ACCORDING TO STRUCTURE

SIMPLE SENTENCE

Simple sentence is composed of one independent clause with

one complete subject and one complete predicate.

THE EARTH’S

CONDITION IS

GETTING WORSE.EX

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THE EARTH’S CONDITION IS

(COMPLETE SUBJECT)

GETTING WORSE

(COMPLETE PREDICATE)

COMPOUND SENTENCE

Compound sentence is composed

of two or more independent

clauses.

EXAMPLE

Mother nature needed our care and help, but only a few responded.

MOTHER NATURE NEEDED OUR CARE AND HELP

(INDEPENDENT CLAUSE)BUT ONLY A FEW RESPONDED

(INDEPENDENT CLAUSE)

NOTE: INDEPENDENT CLAUSES ARE JOINED BY RELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS LIKE BUT, AND, SO, ETC.

COMPLEX SENTENCE

Complex sentence is composed of

one independent clause and one

or more dependent clauses.

EXAMPLE

Only a few

answered the call

when “Mother

Earth” needs us.

ONLY A FEW ANSWERED THE CALL(INDEPENDENT CLAUSE)

WHEN MOTHER EARTH NEEDS US.(DEPENDENT CLAUSE)

COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCE

Compound-complex sentence

is composed of two or more

independent clauses, and at

least one dependent clause.

EXAMPLE

People continue to create damages to our environment; consequently, people are suffering environmental problems which are caused by humans.

People continue to create damages to our environment;

(INDEPENDENT CLAUSE) consequently, people are suffering

environmental problems(INDEPENDENT CLAUSE)

which are caused by humans.(DEPENDENT CLAUSE)

Now this is the time to create

your own…

Write a simple sentence with a compound subject and verb based

on this picture

Write a compound sentence with two independent clauses joined by AND based

on this picture.

Write a complex sentence with one independent and one subordinate

clause based on this picture.

Write a complex sentence with one independent clause and two

subordinate clauses based on this picture

Write a compound-complex sentence based on this picture.

Earth provides to satisfy every man’s need, but not any man’s

greed.-Mohandas Gandhi-