Sentence Types--Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound-Complex

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What is a Simple Sentence?

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A simple sentence contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought. Example: 'The dog barks.'

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What is a Compound Sentence?

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A compound sentence consists of two or more independent clauses joined by a conjunction. Example: 'I wanted to go for a walk, but it started to rain.'

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What is a Complex Sentence?

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A complex sentence contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. Example: 'Although it was raining, we went for a walk.'

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What is a Compound-Complex Sentence?

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A compound-complex sentence has at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. Example: 'Although it was raining, we went for a walk, and we enjoyed it.'

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Identify the type of sentence: 'They went to the place where memories once existed before Receivers were created.'

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Complex

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Identify the type of sentence: 'The chief elder moved ahead in her speech.'

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Simple

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Identify the type of sentence: 'He had never known that other books existed.'

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Simple

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Identify the type of sentence: 'His face scraped along jagged edges of ice and when he came, at last, to a stop, he lay shocked and still, feeling nothing at first but fear.'

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Compound-Complex

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Identify the type of sentence: 'The daily training continued, and now it always included pain.'

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Compound

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What is an independent clause?

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An independent clause is a group of words that can stand alone as a sentence. It has a subject and a verb. Example: 'She runs every day.'