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SENTENCE
• to make statements:
I took some money out of the bank.
The shop stays open until 9 p.m.
• to ask questions or make requests:
Can I help you?
Could you open the door?
• to give orders:
Stop arguing!
Come here at once!
• to express exclamations:
You’re driving too fast!
It’s so cold!
A sentence is a group of words that makes complete sense, contains a main verb, and
begins with a capital letter. Sentences are used:
SIMPLE SENTENCE
A simple sentence has one independent clause and
no dependent clauses:
• The student yawned.
Although a simple sentence cannot have a dependent clause, it can have modifiers:
•The tall student sitting in the back in my algebra class yawned loudly.
The basic sentence is ‘The student yawned’. The other words are modifiers - they are descriptive words.
A simple sentence contains only one independent clause,
but it can have more than one subject or verb:
TWO SUBJECTS: The student and his friend laughted.
TWO VERBS : The student yawned and fell asleep.
COMPOUND SENTENCEA compound sentence has two or more independent clauses that are usually joined by a coordinating conjunction (for,
and, nor, but, or, yet, so):
• Bill felt sick, so he went to a doctor.
• I have a lot of homework, but I am not going to have time to study tonight.
COMPLEX SENTENCE
A complex sentence has an independent clause with one or more dependent clauses (independent clauses are in
italics). Introductory dependent clauses must be followed by commas:
• Since we got to the concert late, we had to make our way to our seats in the dark.
• We left class early so that we could attend a special lecture.