Types of Sentences
There are 4 main types of sentences in the English language.
These are declarative (makes a statement The car is fast.);
imperative (gives a command Go to your room.);
exclamatory (That's amazing!);
and interrogative (How are you doing?).
There are specific qualities that make identifying and classifying sentences into these types simple, but they aren't the ones we're going to discuss on this page.
This pdf gives everything you should know about what constitutes/ makes a sentence in the first place and these four types:
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Simple Sentences: A simple sentence contains one independent clause.
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Compound Sentences: A compound sentence contains two independent clauses. A coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) often links the two independent clauses and is preceded by a comma.
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Complex Sentences: A complex sentence contains one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. A complex sentence will include at least one subordinating conjunction.
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Compound-Complex Sentences: A compound-complex sentence combines complex sentence and compound sentence forms. A compound-complex sentence contains one or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.