Sentence Types 10th

Two independent clauses joined by COMMA FANBOYS or SEMICOLON.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

ONE independent clause and one (or more!) dependent clauses. These dependent clauses could be noun clauses, adjective clauses, or adverb clauses.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

TWO independent clause and one (or more!) dependent clauses. The independent clauses will be joined by COMMA FANBOYS (or semicolon).

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

No matter how many verbs (she ran and talked and smiled) or how many modifiers and prepositional phrases, there is nowhere you can "cut" this sentence to make 2 clauses.

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• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

After the team ran up the stairs at Red Rocks, Eva puked, and Mia collapsed.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex

Santiago slept; the boy went to get the old man food.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex

Melanie heard the alarm clock, and her phone began to play an alert that could wake the dead.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex

Riley soaks until her skin wrinkles.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex

She looked for the dictionary under her bed but found it on the hamper.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex

The horses who enter the Kentucky Derby are all three years old.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex