Post on 21-Jan-2016
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AELA NotesSentence Structures
Directions
• Write these in your writing section and make sure to include the examples.
Simple sentence or independent clause-
• Contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.
• Example: Some students like to study in the mornings.
• Juan and Arturo play football every morning.
Compound Sentence
• contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator. (coordinators spell FANBOYS-for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
• Examples: I tried to speak Spanish and my friend tried to speak English.
• Alejandro played football, so Maria went shopping.
Complex Sentence
• Has an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses. A complex sentence always has a subordinator such as
• Although After
• Though when
• Even though until
• While whenever
• Whereas before
• Since if
• So that as if
• Because whether
• unless
Complex Sentence examples
• Although it’s going to rain, I plan on going swimming.
• After I go running, I’m going to the gym.
Exclamatory and Interrogative
• Exclamatory-ends in an exclamation mark
• I’m going to the concert tonight!
• Interrogative-asks a question
• What’s the test going to be over?