Sentence Structure

 By Nate Feldman

Simple Sentence

Compound Sentence

Complex Sentence

Compound/Complex Sentence

 

Simple Sentence:

I am a teacher.  I work at ELS.  I am happy today.  A baseball glove is very nice.  I play softball on Sundays. 

I have a glove.  It is made of leather.  It is brown.  It feels very soft.  It smells like leather.  I like it so much. 

Compound Sentence:

Baseball is very interesting, but I never played it. 

Baseball gloves are very nice, so I want to wear one. 

I am not angry, nor am I sad. 

The room isn’t comfortable, nor is it modern.

The weather was nice yesterday, so I went outside for a while.  It was a little chilly, so I put on my hoodie.  I took a walk, and I saw many nice colorful leaves on the trees. 

 

The weather was nice.  It was chilly. I wore a hoodie.  I went outside.  I took some photos.  There were many colorful leaves.  I liked it. 

 

Complex Sentence:

*If you study hard, you will do well.

*It is nice weather tomorrow, we will go outside.

*After the class ends, I will go home.

*When I came into the class, it was so chilly.

*Because you are my friend, I trust you. 

*As soon as the day ends, I will take a break.

*You will do well if you study hard.

*While I was in the USA, I studied English.

*I studied English while I was in the USA. 

*This is the book which we use for class.

*I have classes from 8:30-3:45, which makes me really tired. 

Compound-Complex Sentence:

 *If you study hard, you will do well, so you must study hard. 

*When I got home, my mother yelled at me, and I really hated that. 

*After I failed the test, my father was so upset, but now it is OK. 

 

*Nate is the person who teaches me. 

*Nate, who teaches me reading and writing, is really nice to me. 


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