Types of Sentence Structures

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Simple sentence definition:

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One independent clause.

Front

Compound-complex sentence:

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At least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.

Front

Identify the compound sentence:

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It was getting dark, and we weren't near the cabin yet.

Front

Identify the complex sentence:

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I really didn’t like the movie even though the acting was good.

Front

Identify the compound-complex sentence:

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Elissa was very sick today and we will take her to the hospital now, before she gets worse.

Front

Sentence structure in: 'When the hare woke up, he saw that the tortoise was already at the finish line.'

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Complex sentence

Front

Sentence structure in: 'She has no conversation,' he said, 'and I am afraid that she is a coquette, for she is always flirting with the wind.'

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Compound sentence

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Sentence structure in: "It's only the Right Sort of Boy gets through that doorway."

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Simple sentence

Front

Sentence structure in: “Her eyes were shining brilliantly, but her face had lost its colour within twenty seconds.”

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Compound sentence

Front

Sentence structure in: 'It was the first time that such a thing had happened in Debenham, for the railway was but newly open, and we were all proportionately moved by the occurrence.'

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Compound-complex sentence