English 12 sentence types

Full review of sentence types

SIMPLE

subject + verb
Joanne likes ice cream.
She snowboards at Seymour.
I ride a bike.

SS + V
Joanne and her sister snowboard at Cypress.
SSSS + V

S + VV
She like ice cream but hates cake.

Imperative sentence- command- tell somebody to do something
"Sit!" You
"Come in"
implied subject



COMPOUND

S + V        S + V
Joanne likes ice cream, but she hates cake.

FANBOYS- coordinating conjunctions
for LOW FREQUENCY- not used often
I am wearing a sweater, for it is cold. UNUSUAL

and HIGH FREQUENCY

nor
I have no pencils, nor do I have a pen. STRANGE

but

or

yet

so


SOBA- HIGH FREQUENCY
so
or
but
and

"The puppy loves children, but he is not allowed to jump up on them."
"The puppy loves to chase kids, so we have to keep him on a leash."


"The puppy loves children, but he is not allowed to jump up on them." COMPOUND
"The puppy loves children but is not allowed to jump up on them." SIMPLE

"She likes ice cream but hates cake." SIMPLE
"She likes ice cream, but she hates cake." COMPOUND 


TRANSITIONAL WORDS AND TERMS
however
therefore
moreover
consequently
nevertheless

in fact
to tell the truth
first of all

"She likes ice cream, but she hates cake."
"She likes ice cream; she hates cake."
"She likes ice cream; however, she hates cake."
; SEMICOLONS ARE LOW FREQUENCY

"She likes ice cream. However, she hates cake." VERY COMMON USAGE



COMPLEX

adjective clauses
who, which, that
describes a noun

"The tall girl is my friend."
"The tall girl (who has red hair) is my friend."
"The tall girl (that has red hair) is my friend."
"My new phone (which I bought last week) is broken."

whom- LOW FREQUENCY

"The girl whom who I was talking with is my friend."

"To whom it may concern,"


adverb clauses
because
when
if

"She is cold because she forgot her sweater."
"Because she forgot her sweater, she is cold."
"Because she forgot her sweater." SENTENCE FRAGMENT

unless
"He won't make the basketball team unless he improves his 3-point shot."
"He will make the basketball team if he improves his 3-point shot."

even if
"He won't make the basketball team even if he improves his 3-point shot."



noun clauses

think, feel, say, believe

"that"
"I think that it will rain today."
"She said that she will be late."
"He doesn't believe that he will make the basketball team."


SENTENCE TYPES: SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX