Classification 4 | Types of Sentences

Classification 4

This classification has three types of sentences. These are following below:

1.    Simple Sentences:

A simple sentence has only one independent clause. {sub + verb + obj}. It is a type of sentence where the words after the subject are just a list of things about the subject. They tell us something about the subject.

It is also constructed using only a primary verb and two people; the subject and object. Each of these is followed by its verb. A simple sentence requires that there be no more than one independent clause per sentence.

A simple sentence is a complete thought. It contains both a subject and a verb, and it has words between the subject and the verb. The following sentences are all simple sentences: 

Example: 

- He has a pen.

- She was going to the market yesterday.

- She was fired from her job.

- You couldn’t do anything.

2.   Compound Sentences:

A compound sentence (also called a coordinate sentence) starts with conjunctions such as and, but, or yet. It joins two independent clauses and makes an overall statement.

A compound sentence has two or more independent clauses.

In such a sentence two or more independent clauses with equal 

importance. They are joined together by a coordinating conjunction (and, or, nor, so, for, but, yet).

Example: 

- I like you and Rahul, but I don’t like Ravi.

- The girls sang and the boys danced.

- She was trying to say, but no one listened.

- They are fighting because they want their right. 

3.   Complex Sentences:

A sentence has at least one independent clause plus at least one dependent clause begins with a subordinating conjunction (when, it, because, after, although, however, until, unless etc.)

A complex sentence is a series of clauses joined by conjunctions (and, but, or, yet) or relative pronouns (that, which).

A sentence that uses subordinating conjunction to join clauses, as opposed to using simple conjunctions (that, and, but) or compound conjunctions (e.g., after which). The result is a sentence that has at least two clauses.

Example: 

- When I reached home, I called him.

- If she meets him today, she will let he and his brother know the whole story. 

- Since you have nothing to choose from, you will buy this mobile.

- Ravi went to play football even though it was raining heavily yesterday.

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