1. English Essentials ©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. English Essentials John Langan Beth Johnson Chapter Four Sentence Types

2. English Essentials ©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 2 Simple Sentence A simple sentence has a single subject-verb combination. For example: Joe runs. The dog ate my homework. A simple sentence can have more than one subject, more than one verb, or several subjects and verbs.

3. Sentence Types English Essentials ©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 3 Compound Sentence joining wordA compound sentence is made up of two or more simple sentences. Usually, the two complete statements are connected by a comma and a joining word. For example: The dog ate my homework, so I am in trouble. The dog ate my homework, so I am in trouble. Jojo was in Tuscon, and Loretta was in San Diego. Jojo was in Tuscon, and Loretta was in San Diego.

4. Sentence Types English Essentials ©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 4 Complex Sentence dependent although, before, that, which.)A complex sentence is made of a complete simple sentence and a statement that begins with a dependent word (such as: although, before, that, which.) For example: The dog ate my homework, although I told him not to. Jojo was in Tuscon, which is very strange.