Types of Sentences

There are many bedrooms in a mansion.

• simple

• complex

• compound

My house is small, but I really love it!

• compound

• complex

• simple

When I moved into my first home, I had no money to buy furniture.

• compound

• complex

• simple

I don't like the wallpaper in the bedroom.

• complex

• compound

• simple

I don't live in a flat because they are often very small.

• complex

• simple

• compound

I have got a pay rise, so I'm going to buy my own house.

• simple

• compound

• complex

A simple sentence contains:

• a subject, a verb and a completed thought.

• two simple sentences joined by a conjunction

• a simple sentence with extra information that does not make sense on its own.

A compound sentence contains:

• a subject, a verb and a completed thought.

• two simple sentences joined together by a conjunction

• a simple sentence and extra information that does not make sense on its own.

A complex sentences contains:

• a subject, a verb and a completed thought

• two simple sentences joined together by a conjunction

• a simple sentence that has extra information that does not make sense on it own

Write a complex sentence and underline the independent clasue.