Week 5 : Sentence Structure

Sentences: Simple, Compound and Complex

​Let's answer some questions!

Multiple Choice

What type of a sentence is this : Didi and Amir went to school together

• Simple sentence

• Compound sentence

• Complex sentence

• Students might mistaken this sentence as compound sentence because of the word 'and'. Remember, simple sentence only contain one dependent clause.

Multiple Choice

What type of sentence is this? Joe went to the barber but, the barber was still at his house.

• Simple sentence

• Compound Sentence

• Complex Sentence

​The answer is compound sentence because it has 2 dependent clause and connected with FANBOYS

Multiple Choice

What type of sentence is this : "I want to be an engineer when I grow up. "

• Simple sentence

• Compound Sentence

• Complex sentence

​A complex sentence consists of an independent clause and a dependent clause. The independent clause in this sentence is "I want to be an engineer."

The dependent clause is "when I grow up." The dependent clause cannot stand alone as a sentence because it does not express a complete thought.