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SENTENCES :pen: (TYPES OF SENTENCES :smiley: (EXCLAMATION (Banana Split is…
SENTENCES :pen:
TYPES OF SENTENCES
:smiley:
EXCLAMATION
Banana Split is the best dessert!
QUESTION
Do you like pizza?
COMMAND
Do your homework, now.
STATEMENT
I really like to eat pizza with spaghetti.
Can be
:smiley:
Complex Sentences
Contains an independent clause and at least one dependent clause
Can be joined by
Subordinating conjunctions
After, although, as, because, before, even if, even though, if, since, so that, then, that, though, unless, until, when, whenever, where, whether, while
Example
If I don't finish my homework, I won't go to the party.
Compound Sentences
Has at least two independent clauses that have related ideas.
Can be joined by
Coordinating Conjunctions
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
Example
I love to eat candies, but I don't eat them at night.
Semicolon
The main task of the semicolon is to mark a break that is stronger than a comma but not as final as a full stop.
Example
Some people write with a word processor; others write with a pen or pencil.
Cannot be
:forbidden: :red_cross: :no_entry:
Run-on sentences
A run-on is a sentence in which two or more independent clauses are joined without an appropriate conjunction or mark of punctuation.
You can fix them rewriting the sentence as compound or complex sentence, or dividing the sentences using periods.
Fragments
A group of words that do not express a complete thought, it is missing a subject or predicate.
You can fix them by adding a subject, predicate, or both.
Are
A set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing a subject and predicate, conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command, and consisting of a main clause and sometimes one or more subordinate clauses.
