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Sentence types
1. FRIDAY, September 7, 2012
Bellringer: Please answer in your
journal:
1. Journal Prompt (min 3 sentences)
-What is the best advice you ever
received?
2. What are the four basic kinds of
sentences?
4. Declarative Sentence
A declarative sentence
makes a statement. It
ends with a period.
He likes pepperoni pizza.
The umbrella is green.
Mrs. Smith is a teacher.
5. Interrogative Sentence
An interrogative sentence
asks a question. It ends
with a question mark.
Do you like pepperoni pizza?
Have you seen my umbrella?
Who is your teacher?
19. SIMPLE SENTENCE
with compound subject
and
compound predicate
Tom and Mary play tennis and swim.
No comma before “and”
in compound
subjects and predicates!
26. COMPOUND SENTENCE:
CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS
Bob is handsome; moreover, he is rich.
Clause 1 Clause 2
Independent Independent
27. COMPOUND SENTENCE:
CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS
Bob is handsome; moreover, he is rich.
Note: Semicolon before conjunctive
adverb and comma after conjunctive adverb!
28. Conjunctive Adverbs “float”
• Conjunctive adverbs are sometimes
called “floating” adverbs because
they can be positioned at the
beginning, in the middle, or at the
end of a clause.
33. CONJUNCTIVE ADVERB:
AT THE END
Bob is handsome; he is rich, moreover.
Note: Place a comma before
a conjunctive adverb
at the end!
34. Semicolons
• “If the relation between the ideas
expressed in the main clauses is
very close and obvious without a
conjunction, you can separate the
clauses with a semicolon” (Little,
Brown Handbook, 9th Edition, p.
361).
35. COMPOUND SENTENCE:
SEMICOLON
Matt has benefited from his exercise
program; he is slim and energetic.
38. COMPLEX SENTENCE:
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
EVEN THOUGH
WHEN
ADVERB CLAUSES BECAUSE
UNLESS
WHEREAS
39. COMPLEX SENTENCE:
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
Bob is popular even though he is ugly.
Clause 1 Clause 2
Independent Dependent
40. COMPLEX SENTENCE:
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
Even though Bob is ugly, he is popular.
Clause 1 Clause 2
Dependent Independent
41. COMPLEX SENTENCE:
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
Bob is popular even though he is ugly.
When the MAIN clause is first,
it is usually NOT
followed by a comma!
42. COMPLEX SENTENCE:
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
Even though Bob is ugly, he is popular.
When the ADVERB clause is first,
it is followed by a comma!
44. COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCE:
COMBINES BOTH TYPES
Mike is popular because he is good
looking, but he is not very happy.
Punctuate each clause
according to its rules!
46. SIMPLE SENTENCE
My friends and I play tennis and go bowling
every weekend.
No commas before “and” in
compound subjects and predicates!
47. COMPOUND SENTENCE:
Coordinating Conjunction
Men may exercise harder, but they may not
exercise as regularly as women do.
Comma before coordinating
conjunction!
48. COMPOUND SENTENCE:
Conjunctive Adverb
Native and nonnative English speakers have
different needs; however, some schools fail to
distinguish between these groups.
Semicolon before conjunctive
adverb
Comma after conjunctive
adverb!
49. COMPOUND SENTENCE:
Conjunctive Adverb--in the middle
Native and nonnative English speakers have
different needs; some schools, however, fail to
distinguish between these groups.
Semicolon after first
independent clause--
Commas before and after conjunctive
adverb!
50. COMPOUND SENTENCE:
Conjunctive Adverb at the end
Native and nonnative English speakers have
different needs; some schools fail to distinguish
between these groups, however.
Semicolon after first
independent clause--
Comma before conjunctive
adverb!
51. COMPLEX SENTENCE:
Adverb Clauses--Subordinating
Conjunction
People had continuous moderate
exercise when they had to hunt for food.
When main clause is first,
it is not usually followed by a comma!
52. COMPLEX SENTENCE:
Adverb Clauses--Subordinating
Conjunction
When people had to hunt for food, they had
continuous moderate exercise.
When the adverb clause is first,
it is followed by a comma!
53. References
Writing Academic English, Second Edition, by Alice
Oshima and Ann Hogue. White Plains: Addison, Wesley,
Longman, 1999.
The Little, Brown Handbook, by H. Ramsey Fowler and
Jane E. Aaron, Pearson, 2004.