COURSE: ADVANCED GRAMMAR II

Topic: Types of Sentence Structures

Lectured by : Hieng Sokhoeurn (Mr.), M.A. in TESOLEmail : sokhoeurn_loveyou@yahoo.com Tel : +855(0)16 969 148

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1. How many types of sentence structures?

1? 2? 3? 4?

Warm-up

2. What are they?

The Four Types of Sentence Structures

1. Simple Sentence is a combination between the subject and the

predicate. has one independent clause and

I. Forms of Simple Sentences:

Sub

Predicate

Examples

Sub Predicate

S V Is

eat rice.v

SS V My brother and I s s

eat ricev

S VV I s

eat rice and drink water v v

SS VV My brother and I s s

eat rice and drink water. v v

S+V (complete thought).

Independent Clause (IC)

Practice: in your notebook Compose two sentences of each form of Simple Sentences

SV :

1. ___________________________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________________________

SSV :

3. ___________________________________________________________

4. ___________________________________________________________

SVV :

5. ___________________________________________________________

6. ___________________________________________________________

SSVV:

7. ___________________________________________________________

8. ___________________________________________________________

2. Compound Sentences

Compound: Contains two independent clauses that are joined by a coordinating conjunction. (The most common coordinating conjunctions are: but, or, and so.)SV , + Fanboys + SV

IC , + CC + IC

See example:CLAUSE 1 CLAUSE 2

*FOR — REASONFans love to watch Anna. She dances beautifully.

Fans love to watch Anna, for¹ she dances beautifully. (Fans love to watch Anna because she dances

beautifully.)AND — ADDITION

She is a graceful dancer. People enjoy watching her.

She is a graceful dancer, and people enjoy watching her.

NOR (NOT OR)

She hasn't taken dance lessons. She doesn't need to.

She hasn't taken dance lessons, nor does she need to.

She hasn't taken dance lessons, or she does not need to.

*BUT — CONTRAST/CONCESSIONReaksmey loves novels Thisa loves comics.

Reaksmey loves novels, but Thisa loves comics.

*OR — OPTION / ALTERNATIVEShe can fill an audience with joy. She can bring people to tears.

She can fill an audience with joy, or She can bring people to tears.

*YET — CONTRAST/ CONCESSIONThey are businessmen. They have not succeeded.

The are businessmen, yet they have not succeeded.

*SO — RESULT

Tomorrow I’m having an exam. I have to cramp my lesson from now on.

Tomorrow I’m having an exam, so I have to cramp my lesson from now on.

1.(For):

2.(and):

3. (nor):

4.(but):

5.(or) :

6. (yet):

7.( so) :

Practice: in your notebook Compose one sentence of each “Fanboys” of Compound Sentences

3. Complex Sentences Complex: Contains an independent clause plus one or more

dependent clauses. (A dependent clause starts with a subordinating conjunction. Examples: that, because, while, although, where, if.)Complex Sentences Independence clause + Dependence

clause Adj Clause Adv clause N. clause

A. Adjective Clause

1.

B. Adverb Clause

2.

C. Noun Clause

3.

SV +subordinating conj +SVOr Subordinating conj +SV, + SV

4. Compound-Complex Sentences

Compound-complex: Contains 3 or more clauses (of which at least two are independent and one is dependent).

1.

2.

SV, + fanboys +SV + SV+ subord conj + SV

Compound Complex

Wrap up Types of sentence Structures

1. Simple sentences:

2. Compound Sentences:

3. Complex Sentences:

4. Compound-Complex Sentences:

Practice: label each of the following sentences as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. ____ 1. If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. ____ 2. The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the

bread. ____ 3. You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive. ____ 4. It takes about half a gallon of water to cook spaghetti, and about a

gallon of water to clean the pot. ____ 5. Monday is an awful way to spend one-seventh of your life. ____ 6. Genetics explains why you look like your father and if you don't,

why you should. ____ 7. To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your

principles. ____ 8. Two wrongs are only the beginning. ____ 9. When oxygen is combined with anything, heat is given off, a

process known as “constipation.” ____ 10. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many

is research.

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