1. Sentence types

2. Simple One subject One predicate (verb) A complete thought
aka – An Independent clause

3. examples She just told me. She just told me an important secret.
Candy, a student in Mr. Rogers’ writing class, just told me an important secret about Juan, another student in the class.

4. Compound Two independent clauses (Simple sentences)
Joined together using
A comma followed by a conjunction
A semicolon

5. examples He ate breakfast, but he did not eat lunch.
He did not eat lunch, but he ate breakfast.
He ate breakfast; he did not eat lunch.

6. Complex An independent clause(IC) and a dependent clause (DC)
Joined together with a subordinating conjunction
A comma is necessary if the DC comes FIRST

7. Examples Before I ate lunch, I washed my hands.
I washed my hands before I ate lunch
While I was teaching writing, Alondra took a little nap.
Alondra took a little nap while I was teaching writing.

8. Compound-Complex
Combines a complex sentence with another sentence of any kind.
Example:
Although they attended the same high school, Bob went to college, and Mary wasted her life working as a sandwichboard.