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Sentence Types

Sentence Types. Four Sentence Types. Determined by __________ and __________ of clauses. Simple (S) Compound (CP) Complex (CX) Compound-Complex (CP-CX). Simple Sentence. A simple-sentence is comprised of one _ __________ clause. Examples I like strawberries.

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Sentence Types

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  1. Sentence Types

  2. Four Sentence Types • Determined by __________ and __________ of clauses. • Simple (S) • Compound (CP) • Complex (CX) • Compound-Complex (CP-CX)

  3. Simple Sentence • A simple-sentence is comprised of one ___________ clause. • Examples • I like strawberries. • Do you like raspberries? • Khaled and George like blueberries.

  4. Compound Sentence • A compound sentence is comprised of _______ or more __________ clauses. • Examples • I studied hard, and I aced the test. • Sometimes I study hard, but I lose focus, and I fail tests.

  5. Complex Sentence • A complex sentence is comprised of one __________ clause and one or more __________ clauses. • Examples • Because Nirmal missed his alarm, he was late for school. • If you don’t set more than one alarm, you might not wake up when you need to.

  6. Compound-Complex Sentence • A __________ __________ sentence is comprised of two or more independent clauses and one or more subordinate clauses. • Examples • I was watching TV before I went to bed, and my favorite show came on. • Because it ran late, I didn’t get very much sleep, and I am tired today.

  7. Practice Exercises 6 and 7 on pages 482-483.

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