1. 4 Types of Sentences Amy Keesling English 121

2. 1 st Sentence Type

3.  AKA: Independent Clause  A Complete Thought with one main idea.  Analogy: An adult who lives alone and pays its own bills.  Usually short sentences, but can be long

4. The dog barked.

5. The beautiful Golden Retriever barked ferociously at the little brown squirrel placidly sitting on the fence in the back yard.

6. 2 nd Sentence Type

7.  Independent Clause + Independent Clause  Two main ideas that are equal to each other  Analogy: a marriage—two adults that choose to come together and be one.  Two ways to do this correctly, and two ways to do it incorrectly.

8.  1. The dog barked.  2. I let him go outside.

9.  Run-on sentence: The dog barked I let him go outside.  Comma splice: The dog barked, I let him go outside.

10. The dog barked; I let him go outside.

11. The dog barked; therefore, I let him go outside.  Consequently  Finally  For instance  Hence  However  Moreover  Nevertheless  Still  Therefore  Then  Thus  In addition

12. The dog barked, so I let him go outside.  F=for  A=and  N=nor  B=but  O=or  Y=yet  S=so

13. 3 rd Sentence Type

14.  Independent Clause + Dependent Clause  Analogy: An adult and a child  Dominant idea and subordinate idea  A dependent clause must begin with a subordinating conjunction.

15.  After  Although  As/as if  As long as  As much as  As soon as  As though  Because  Before  Even if  Even though  How  If  In order that  Now that  Since  So that  Though  Unless  Until  When/whenever  Where/wherever  While

16. 1.Start with an independent clause: The dog barked. 2. Add a subordinating conjunction: When the dog barked.... 3. Add an independent clause: When the dog barked, I let him go outside.

17. Clause order does not matter, but punctuation does matter:  Dependent clause first: After the dog went outside, he dug a hole.  Independent clause first: The dog dug a hole after he went outside.

18. You can start a sentence with because when you are writing a complex sentence. Wrong: Because the dog dug a hole under the fence. Right: Because the dog dug a hole under the fence, he ran wild around the neighborhood.

19. 4 th Sentence Type

20.  Independent Clause + Independent Clause + Dependent Clause  Analogy: Family of two adults and a child  Long sentences  High level of thinking

21. 3 Simple Sentences: 1. The cat meowed. 2. He rubbed against my ankles. 3. His food dish was empty. Directions:  Combine two sentences with a semicolon or a comma + FANBOYS  Begin one sentence with a subordinating conjunction

22.  The cat meowed, and he rubbed against my ankles because his food dish was empty.  Because his food dish was empty, the cat meowed, and he rubbed against my ankles.  The cat meowed because his food dish was empty, and he rubbed against my ankles.

23. Combine these sentences: 1. I want to go to a party. 2. I have a test on Monday. 3. I have to study.