The Search for the Lost S.S. Beauty Let’s Find It!! Rolling Meadows High School

The Four Types of Sentence Structure

Simple Sentence Has one Independent Clause (I.C.) Examples –Mr. Mikulak has long hair. –-–- –-–-

Compound Sentences A compound sentence ______________ Basically, a compound sentence is two simple sentences that are joined. They are joined by the FANBOYS and ;

What the Hay are “FANBOYS”? Good question!! The FANBOYS are the only words that can join two independent clauses. They are: For, And, Nor, ________, ________, ________, ________. Don’t forget the semicolon!

So, Back to the Compound Sentence A______________ sentence has ________ joined by a FANBOYS word. Examples –-–- –She is struggling in class, for she chooses not to do her homework. –-–-

Complex Sentences A complex sentence has_____ and _____ Examples –-–- –Since he is practically married, she doesn’t have much of a chance. –-–- –They had their first smooch after they danced! Remember: A D.C. has a subject and verb but cannot stand alone!

Compound-Complex Sentence A ________________________ sentence has______ and _______. Examples –-–- –When my parents were in Africa, they worked with a bishop, and he was their main contact.

So, now I know about the four types of sentences, but why do I have to know this stuff? Because your writing is immature Because I expect you to write maturely Because you want to be a better writer Because I said so :) Any questions?

We have now found the S.S. Beauty So, let’s use beautiful sentence structure in all our assignments. Seeing that I now know various sentence structures, I will use them in my papers. If not, I might see “vary sentence structure” (_______) written in the margins of my written madness.