1. Types of Sentences
L 7.1b: Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas.
Sentences can be classified based on how they have been constructed.
Remember:
All sentences are required to have a subject and a verb/predicate in order to be considered complete
Sentences can have additional information in phrases. Most phrases will start with a preposition.
Clauses can be classified as independent or dependent. Clauses that are dependent always begin with a subordinating conjuction.

2. Types of Sentences Simple Sentences Compound Sentences
The book is long.
Compound Sentences
The book is long and it is boring.
Complex Sentences
The book is long because it has too many words.
Compound-Complex Sentences
The book is long and it is boring because it has too many words.