Sentence Structure

Simple Sentence Example

The cat ate dinner

Complex Sentence Example

The human brain never stops working until you stand up to speak in public

Complex Sentence

a sentence containing one or more dependent clauses in addition to the main clause

Dependent Clause

a sentence that can not stand by itself and contains either a subject or a verb

Independent Clause

a sentence that can stand on its own and contains a subject(noun) and predicate(verb)

FANBOY

for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

Compound Sentence Example

"You can put wings on a pig, but you don't make it an eagle." (Bill Clinton)

Compound-Complex Sentence

A compound-complex sentence has at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause

Compound Sentence

A sentence with two independent clauses formed together with a FANBOY word

Compound-Complex Sentence Example

I stopped believing in Santa Claus when he asked for my autograph in a department store, but I still want to believe in him

Simple Sentence

a basic sentence with one independent clause.