Compound Sentence is a sentence that contains at least two independent clauses
connected to one another with a coordinating conjunction.
Coordinating conjunction is easy to remember if you think the words “FAN BOYS”.
For
And
Not
But
Or
Yet
So
* Joy waited for the train, but the train was late.
* Ann and Joyce arrived at the bus station before noon, and they left on the bus
Before I arrived.
* Ann and Joyce left on the bus before I arrived, so I did not see them at the bus
Station.
Complex Sentence is a sentence that contains an independent clause and at least one or
more dependent clause.
Dependent Clause is similar to an independent clause, or complete sentence, but it lacks
one of the elements that would make it a complete sentence.
Dependent Clauses:
* Because Ann and Joyce arrived at the bus station before noon
* While she waited at the train station
* After they left on the bus
15
Dependent clauses such as those above cannot stand alone as a statement, but they can be
added to an independent clause to form a complex sentence.
Dependent clauses begin with subordinating conjunction:
After
although
as
because
Before
even though
if
since
Though
unless
until
when
Whenever
whereas
while
wherever
Complex sentence are often more effective than compound sentence because a compound
sentence indicates clearer and more specific relationship between the main parts of the
sentence.
The word ‘before’, for instance, tells readers that one thing occurs before another.
The word ‘although’, conveys more complex relationship than a word such as ‘and’
conveys.
Periodic Sentence is used to refer to a complex sentence beginning with a dependent
clause and ending with an independent clause, in “While she waited at the train station,
Joy realized that the train was late.”
Periodic sentences can be especially effective because the completed thought occurs at
the end of it, so the first part of the sentence can be build up to the meaning that comes at
the end.
Compound-Complex Sentence is a sentence with two or more independent clause and at
least one dependent clause. It combines the compound and the complex sentence.
The “compound” part means that it has two or more complete sentences.
16
The “complex” part means that it has at least one incomplete sentence.
*His blue eyes were light, bright and sparkling behind half-mooned spectacles, and his
nose was
very long and crooked, as though it had been broken at least twice.
17
_______________________________________________________Master English Grammar in 30 Days!
Chapter II
Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |