Types of sentences

A sentence is the largest unit of any language. In English, it begins with a capital letter and ends with a full-stop, or a question mark, or an exclamation mark.

The sentence is generally defined as a word or a group of words that expresses a thorough idea by giving a statement/order, or asking a question, or exclaiming.

• Types of sentence

• A simple sentence

It expresses a single idea in a single clause.

• Examples :

1. Joe drank coffee
2. Joe drank coffee with Tom
3. Joe drank coffee in the afternoon with Tom
4. Joe and Tom drank coffee

• A compound sentence

It contains two ideas connected with a co-ordinator (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)

• Examples :

1. Joe drank coffee, and Tom played the guitar
2. Adam drank water, but he was still thirsty

• A complex sentence

It contains two ideas connected by a subordinator (because, since, after, Although, or a relative pronoun such as that, which or who)

• Examples :

1. Joe drank the tea that he bought in Chinatown.
2. Although Adam drank water, he was still thirsty

• A compound – complex sentence

It hhas the elements of the complex and the compound sentence.

• Examples :

• Joe drank the tea that he bought in Chinatown, but Tom played the guitar