Grammar: Sentence types

I waited for her but she did not come.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

Stop them before they get away!

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

To love is to live.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

Tom and Jerry have been best friends for over a decade.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

Walking through the park, he chanced upon a diamond ring.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

Our grandfather taught us many lessons which helped us succeed in life, and we will miss him greatly.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

I saw a boy wearing a blue jacket in the room just now.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

While running on the wet pavement, he fell and twisted his ankle.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

John loves basketball but Mary prefers volleyball.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

She is not going to work because she is sick.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex