1. FOUR TYPES OF SENTENCES
Elizabeth Celeste Coiman-Lopez, BAT, MS.
Houston Community College
Fall 2018

2. FOUR TYPES OF SENTENCES

3. PHRASES vs. CLAUSES What is a PHRASE? What is a CLAUSE?
Two or more words with a subject OR a verb. Parts of a sentence.
The funny, energetic teacher (Noun phrase)
has been trying (Verb phrase)
to make sushi (Infinitive phrase)
at school (Prepositional phrase)
What is a CLAUSE?
Two or more words with a subject AND a verb in a sentence.
The funny, energetic teacher is late to class

4. PARTS OF A COMPLETE SENTENCE
SENTENCES
A sentence is a sequence of words which begins with a capital letter and ends with a period (or ! Or ?)
It has a subject
It has a verb
It has a COMPLETE IDEA
The funny, energetic, English teacher has been trying to make sushi at school.

5. INDEPENDENT CLAUSE Independent clause can be called the MAIN CLAUSE.
The students enjoyed the grammar lesson.
Independent clause can be called the MAIN CLAUSE.
It has a subject and a verb.
It is a complete idea.
It can stand alone (INDEPENDENT)

6. DEPENDENT CLAUSE that the students enjoyed the grammar lesson
It is DEPENDENT upon an independent clause.
It has a subject and a verb, but the verb is not the main verb.
It does NOT express a complete idea.
It cannot stand alone (DEPENDENT)
It begins with the indicator that or If, and Wh- words.

7. # 1 SIMPLE SENTENCE One INDEPENDENT clause It has a subject and a verb
Expresses a complete thought.
Laura likes pizza.
Some students like to study in the mornings.
David and Habib play soccer every afternoon.
Raflyna goes to the library and studies everyday.

8. , #2 COMPOUND SENTENCE Two INDEPENDENT clauses
Together with a comma (,)
A coordinating conjunction (7 FANBOYS), connecting both sentences.
Denny likes pizza, but he doesn’t like tacos.
Claudio drives to school, and Miguel rides with him. , ,

9. COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

10. #3 COMPLEX SENTENCE
INDEPENDENT + DEPENDENT
Dependent clause begins with a subordinating conjunction and it can be at the beginning or the end of the sentence.
It is less important to the main idea clause.
Natalis did her homework while she watched a movie.
While Natalis watched a movie, she did her homework.
Since Ndvhuho passed her English test, Kubra has been very happy.
Kubra has been very happy since Ndvhuho passed her English test.

11. SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

12. #4 COMPOUND-COMPLEX + + + FANBOYS
Subordinating Conjunction + DEPENDENT +
INDEPENDENT + , + FANBOYS + INDEPENDENT
Ex:
- While Natalis was sleeping, Raflyna went to the store, and she bought paint.
Laura went to the store, and she bought paint while Kausar was sleeping.
Because Sahrudin paid attention, he got an A on the test, and I was so happy.
Sahrudin got an A on the test, and I was so happy because he paid attention.
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTION + +
+ FANBOYS
COORDINATING CONJUNCTION

13. EXAMPLES Mustafa likes eggs and cheese.
What type of clause and sentence do we have?
One independent clause and a SIMPLE Sentence.
Salman likes lemonade, but Abdul likes milk.
Two independent clauses and a COMPOUND Sentence

14. EXAMPLES Natalis said it to me that she loves her English classes!
What type of clause and sentence do we have?
One independent clause + one dependent clause and a COMPLEX Sentence
Bhaskar played his music, and he watched television while Salman was studying.
Two independent clauses and one dependent clause and a
COMPOUND-COMPLEX Sentence