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SENTENCE STRUCTURE

Types of Sentences

            A Clause is a group of words that contains (at least) a subject and a verb

 There two kinds of clauses :

1. Independent clause, contains of subject and a verb and express a complete thought. It can stand alone as a sentence by itself.

Subject + verb (+complement)

Students normally spend four years in college I will declare my major now, but I may change it later

      

2. A dependent clause begins with a subordinator such as when, while, if,that, or who. It does not express a complete thought and can not stand alone as a sentence by itself.

Subordinator +subject + verb (+complement)

….Although students normally spend four years in college… ….If declare my major now… ….when they come to the United States…. ….who was accepted at Harvard University… ….that the experiment was a success……

Clause Connectors

Subordinator ( Subordinating Conjunctions)	After, although, as, as if, as soon as, because, before, even though, how, if, since, so that, that, though, unless, until, what, when, whenever, where, whether, which, while, who, whom, whose
Coordinator (Coordinator Conjunctions)	For, and, nor, but, or , yet, so
Conjunctive Adverb	Accordingly, besides, consequently, for example, furthermore, hence, however, in addition, in contrast, indeed, instead, likewise, meanwhile, moreover, nevertheless, nonetheless, on the other hand, otherwise, therefore, thus

KINDS OF SENTENCES

    A sentence is a group of words that you use to communicate your ideas.

1. A simple sentence is one independent clause

        e.g           I enjoy playing tennis with my friends every weekend

                        I enjoy playing tennis and look forward to it every weekend

                        my friends and I play tennis and go bowling every weekend           

Notice :

         The second sentence has two verbs, enjoy and look forward to. This is called a compound verb. Because there is only one clause, this is a simple sentence. The third sentence has a compound subject as well as a compound verb, but still a simple sentence because it has only one clause.

Practice :

Write two simple sentences with one subject and one verb

Write two simple sentences with one subject and two verbs

Write two simple sentences with two subject and two verbs           

KINDS OF SENTENCES

1. With a coordinator	Independent clause ,+coordinator + Independent clause I enjoy tennis, but I hate golf
2. With a conjunctive adverb	Independent clause ;+conjunctive adverb, + independent clause I enjoy tennis ; however, I hate golf
3. With a semicolon	Independent clause; independent clause I enjoy tennis ; I hate golf My older brother studies law ; my younger brother studies medicine.

2. Compound sentences is two or more independent clause joined together. There are three ways to join the clause :
3. 3. Complex sentence contains one independent clause and one ( or more) dependent clause (s).

here are three kinds of dependent clause : adverb, adjective, noun

Adverb clauses	Begins with an adverbial subordinator such as when, while, because, although, if, so that, etc Example: Although women in the United States could own properly, they could not vote until 1920
Adjective clauses	Begins with a relative pronoun such as who, whom, which, whose, or that, or with a relative adverb such as where or when. Example : Men who are not married are called bachelors.
Noun clauses	A dependent noun clause functions as a noun and begin with a wh-question word, that, whether;or sometimes if. A dependent noun clause can be either a subject (sentence 5)or an object  ( sentence 6). No commas are necessary Example : That there is a hole in the ozone layer of the earth’s atmosphere is well known