Types of Sentences

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Types of Sentences

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There are four main types of
sentences:
• Simple or DeclArative Sentence
• CommAnd or Imperative Sentence
• Question or Interrogative Sentence
• ExclAmatory Sentence

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Declarative Sentence
• used to state information;
• the most commonly used sentence type;
• the most frequent in academic writing;
• ends with a period.
• E.g. Research on the topic suggests that
grammar is essential to success.

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Imperative Sentence
• These sentences give commands or make
requests. Imperative sentences end with a
period.
• e.g. Open the window.

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Interrogative Sentence
• These sentences ask questions. Accordingly,
they end with a question mark.
• E.g. Did you complete the assignment?

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more variety…..
• A question can be especially useful at the
beginning of a paragraph where you want to
summarize what preceded and then launch
into what will now follow.
e.g. “And what were the results of the Quebec
Act of 1774?” this reminds your readers where you are in your
discussion — Ah yes, that’s what we’re talking
about — and prepares them for what comes next.

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Exclamatory Sentence
• These sentences express emotion and, as
such, end with an exclamation mark.
• E.g. She is going to fall!

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Sentence Constructions
• Simple
• Compound
• Complex
• Compound-complex

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Make your writing more effective!
• try to use a variety of sentence constructions;
• combine the sentences to avoid the monotony
the music of the language;
• language’s music lies within the rhythms of
varied sentence length and structure.

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Simple Sentences
• Subject-Verb-Object;
• Simple sentences contain only one
independent clause. This means they express
only one idea.
• E.g. Megan ate the sandwich for lunch.
The window cracked during the storm.

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Compound Sentence
• two independent clauses - either one of which
can stand by itself as its own sentence;
• the clauses of a compound sentence are
either separated by a semicOlon (relatively
rare) or connected by a coordinating
conjunction (which is, more often than not,
preceded by a comma).

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• Most common coordinating conjunctions:
and, but, or, for, nor, yet, and so.
• and, but - the simplest technique we have for
combining ideas.
e.g. Megan ate the sandwich for lunch, and
Jamal ate the soup.
The window cracked during the storm, but
the roof remained intact.

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Conjunctive Adverb
• however, nevertheless, otherwise, moreover,
etc.)
e.g. MarIne mammals kept in captivity suffer
from stress; moreover, they can cause injuries.
Megan ate the sandwich for lunch; Jamal
ate the soup.

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Complex Sentence
• one dependent clause and one independent
clause;
• a dependent clause cannot stand on its own,
as it does not contain a complete thought;
• links ideas - a chronological development, a
cause-and-effect relationship, a conditional
relationship, etc;

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Subordinating conjunctions
• if, when, although, and since
e.g. While the television show was on, she did
her homework.
If the client is happy, we are happy.
I ran to the store, hoping to buy milk, but it
was closed.

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Compound-complex Sentence
• compound sentence + complex sentence;
• two independent clauses with at least one
dependent clause;
• Punctuation is very important.
e.g. Even though the professor was exhausted,
she continued to grade assignments, and she
stayed awake until they were all done.

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Define the construction of the
sentence
• She did not cheat on the test, for it was the wrong
thing to do.
• Because my coffee was too cold, I heated it in the
microwave.
• Laura forgot her friend's birthday, so she sent her a
card when she finally remembered.
• The pen is mightier than the sword.
• The cat and the dog yowled and howled, respectively.
• They had no ice cream left at home, nor did they have
money to go to the store.
• When she was younger, she believed in fairy tales.