Types of the sentences in English

Today with a new English lesson that is about the kinds of sentences. In this lesson we will review the types of sentences and each type of them on a simple and easy scale with several illustrative examples.

At first, we need to know that the sentence in English divided into Three types:

( Simple sentence – compound sentence – complex sentence )  and we will learn about the composition of each one  and the differences between them.

First – Simple sentence

The simple sentence in English is a short sentence where it consist of only one verb and also one subject as well as it also express one idea. It is ( independent clause )

For examples:

• My friends study chemistry .
• Salma visits her nephew .
• Amir beats  his brother .

Second –Compound sentence

And it's the opposite of the simple sentence, so it's the longest where it is made up of two simple  sentences, each  one with a separate and relevant sentence, and we connect them with one of the conjunctions such as ( and – but – or - ….. etc )

And it consist of : ( Independent clause + conjunction + independent clause )

We will clarify more in the following examples:

1-And

It is used to link two sentences that are related to each other or similar in the meaning for examples:

⇛ Sandy is drinking coffee.                       ⇛ Shadi is drinking orange juice.

☑ Sandy is drinking coffee and Shadi is drinking orange juice.

2- But

It is used to link Two different sentences or between them is a contradiction for examples:

⇛ My father is poor.                                 ⇛ My uncle is too rich.

☑ My father is poor, but my uncle is too rich.

3- Or

It is used to link Two sentences where there is an option such as:

⇛ You can watch the match.                                   ⇛ You can watch the movie night.

☑ You can watch the match or you can watch the movie night .

So we're done from explaining  the  compound sentence and now we move to the Third and last type of sentence in English, which is the complex sentence.

Third – Complex sentence

This type of sentences consist of independent clause then dependent clause with one of the conjunctions which doesn't express the meaning or idea.

And its format as following:

( Independent clause + conjunction + dependent clause )

For examples:

• My mother runs fast when the phone rang.
• We didn't catch the plane because we were late in airport procedures.
• Do you know the doctor who performed the operation for your friend?

We need to mention that we're linking Two sentences either with one of conjunctions such as ( as – since – because – that – after – once –when – while – or – where …… ) or one of relative pronouns such as ( that – whom – who – whose – which )

After learning about the types  of the sentence in English and explaining each type we can now conclude our study today.