1. Sentence Structures There are four kinds of sentence structures
1. Simple Sentence
2. Compound sentence
3. Complex Sentence
4. Compound-Complex Sentence
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2. 1. Simple Sentence
Simple sentence is an independent clause stand alone as a sentence.
One independent clause sometime has more than one verb or one subject.
Women have longer life than men.
Students and I are in the classroom
one subject
one verb
two subjects
one verb
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3. 1. Simple Sentence
three verbs
one subject
I wash the clothes, clean the house, and cut the lawn on weekends.
Where were you born?
Sofia and Sophia learn and live together in one house.
one subject
one verb phrase
two subjects
two verbs
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4. 2. Compound Sentence
Compound Sentence is a combination of two or more independent clauses.
There are three kinds of compound sentence
1. Compound sentence used a comma with one of the FANBOYS.
Stories entertain, and riddles amuse.
Stories entertain, and riddles amuse, but poems delight.
two independent clauses
three independent clauses
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5. 2. Compound Sentence 2. Compound sentence used a semicolon.
Few wild animals live in China; in remote area wild life is abundant.
3. Compound sentence used a semicolon with conjunctive adverb and a comma.
People are scared of bird flue; therefore, they wear masks.
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6. 3. Complex Sentence
A complex sentence has one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses.
I like Tum Teav because it is a real life base.
When I read this story, I enjoy them
because it is true life.
one independent clause and one dependent clause
one independent clause
two dependent clauses
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7. 4. Compound-Complex Sentence
A compound-complex sentence has two or more main clauses and at least one subordinate clause.
I read Tum Teav, which was written by Phikhu Som, and I wrote a report about it.
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