English Grammar 🏁
SENTENCE
Simple
Compound
A compound sentence must have more than one independent clause with no dependent clauses. Some specific conjunctions, punctuation, or both are used to join together these clauses.
Complex
Compound-complex
PART OF SPEECH
Noun
Pronoun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
Preposition
Conjunction
Interjection
ARTICLE
TENSE
Definition
Types
Rules of using
Definite
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Indefinite
Present
Past
Future
PHRASE
Definition
Types
Noun
Adjective
Adverbial
Prepositional
NUMBER
Rules
Types
Singular
Plural
CLAUSES
Independent
Dependent
CONDITIONAL
Real
Unreal
MODAL AUXILARIES
MOOD
Indicate
Imperative
Subjunctive
CASE
Subjective
Objective
Possessive
MODIFIERS
Pre-modifier
Post-modifier
DETERMINERS
QUANTIFIERS
PREFIXES
SUFFIXES
QUESTIONS
A simple sentence must have a single clause (a single verb) which is independent, and it cannot take another clause.
Ex: I always wanted to become a writer. (One clause – one verb)
Ex: I always wanted to become a writer, and she wanted to become a doctor. (Two independent clauses – two verbs)
Complex sentence
A complex sentence also has more than one clause but of one them must be an independent clause and the other/others must be (a) dependent clause(es). There are also some particular connectors for the clauses of a complex sentence to be connected.
Ex: I know that you always wanted to be a writer. (Here, a dependent clause is followed by a connector and an independent clause. The other way around is also possible.)
A compound-complex sentence (or complex–compound sentence) is a mixture of the features of compound and complex sentences in one sentence. So, it must contain at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.
I know that you always wanted to become a writer, but I always wanted to become a doctor. (Here, one dependent clause is followed by a complex connector and two independent clauses with a compound conjunction between them.)
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