Sentence structures

I like playing basketball, and my brother likes playing tennis.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-complex

I'll help you if you help me.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-complex

My mother cooked dinner while I was doing my homework.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-complex

While I was doing my homework, my father cooked the dinner and my mother was asleep in front of the television.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-complex

Do you want to go swimming tomorrow, or would you prefer to play tennis?

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-complex

I don't know why he did that.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-complex

Because she runs every day, she is very fit.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-complex

The new girl in our ESL class has a brother in grade 7 and a sister in grade 9.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-complex

You should read every day if you want to improve your English more quickly.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-complex

You should start working a little harder or you are going to fail your test.

• Simple

• compound

• Complex

• Compound-complex