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?