Simple sentence
11 Abu and Ali took the bus.
2 I looked for Abu and Ali at the bus station
Compound sentence
A compound sentence refers to a
sentence made up of two independent clauses (or complete sentences) connected
to one another with a coordinating conjunction. Coordinating conjunctions are
easy to remember if you think of the words "FAN BOYS":
§ For ,And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
Examples of compound sentences
= = Abu and Ali arrived at the bus station before noon, and they
left on the bus before I arrived.
= =Abu and Ali left on the bus before I arrived, so I did not see
them at the bus station.
Complex sentences
A complex sentence is made up of an
independent clause and one or more dependent clauses connected to it. A
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.
Example of complex sentences
1. while he waited at the train station
2. after they left on the bus
Compound-complex sentences:
Example compound-complex sentence
1. Although I like to go camping, I haven't had the time to go lately, and I
haven't found anyone to go with.
• Independent clause: "I haven't had the time to go lately"
• Dependent clause: "Although I like to go camping... "
2. We decided that the movie was too violent, but our children, who like to watch
scary movies, thought that we were wrong.
• Independent clause: "(but) our children thought that we were wrong"
• Dependent clause: who like to watch scary movies
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