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Types of Sentences

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Types of Sentences

Types of Sentences

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TYPES OF SENTENCES

Simple Sentence
A simple sentence consists of a single main
clause.
Subject | Predicate
She | laughed.
The fire alarm | sounded loudly.
A strange girl | visits the library with her father.
Simple sentences can be subdivided into

extended unextended

A rose bush grew


in the garden. Winter has come.
Compound Sentences

• A compound sentence consists of two or more


main clauses.
• It was midnight and there was no one in the
street.

Simple Simple
sentence sentence
Complex sentences

• A complex sentence consists of a principal


(main, independent) clause and one or more
subordinate |səˈbɔːdɪnət| (dependent) clauses.
• Careful shoppers compare prices which
could vary a lot.

Subordinate
Main clause
clause
• Mind that faulty order in a sentence can create
confusion and lead to misunderstanding.

• Garden wall – садовая стена


• Wall garden – сад, обнесенный кирпичной или каменной
оградой
• Drinking water (питьевая вода)/ water drinking (питье воды)
• Pot flower (цветок, растущий в горшке) / flower pot
(цветочный горшок)
• Rose garden (розовый сад)/ garden rose (садовая роза)
• Sports club (спортивный клуб)/ club sports (клубные виды
спорта)
Subordinate clause

• A complex sentence has two or more clauses, at


least one of which is subordinate to a main clause.
• A subordinate clause is usually introduced by a
subordinate conjunction |kənˈdʒʌŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n|
(when, that, etc) or by a relative pronoun (who,
what, etc).
• The relations between the principal and the
subordinate clauses can be different.
There are three main kinds of
subordinate clauses
Reported clauses
• He asked if he could come

Relative clauses
• I don’t have the CD you are looking for.

Adverbial clauses
• I will be ready when he comes.
Reported clauses

• A reported clause is a subordinate clause that


indicates what someone said or thought.
• No one knows that he has arrived.
• No one knows what caused the accident.
«That» can be omitted: No one knows he has
arrived.
«What» cannot be omitted as it is the subject of
the noun clause.
Relative clauses

• We use relative clauses to give additional


information about something without starting
another sentence. By combining sentences
with a relative clause, your text becomes more
fluent and you can avoid repeating certain
words.
In relative clauses that is very often used instead of other
relative pronouns, especially in a conversational style:
Where is the girl that came here yesterday? (=…who
came…).
That is especially common after the following words:

all something any


little anything no
few nothing none
much every only
everything some
Identifying and non – identifying relative
clauses
• Identifying relative clause сообщает нам
информацию, необходимую для определения
предмета, о котором идет речь. Это единственные
сведения о данном предмете, которыми мы
располагаем. Такое придаточное предложение не
выделяется запятыми.
• Non—identifying relative clause сообщает нам
дополнительную информацию. Иными словами,
мы уже знаем, о каком предмете идет речь. Такое
придаточное предложение выделяется запятыми.

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