Types of English Sentences: Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound-Complex Sentences

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A lot of studentsask me questions about English sentence structure. In today's lesson, you'll learn 4 types of English sentences:
- simple sentences
- compound sentences
- complex sentences
- compound-complex sentences

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LESSON SUMMARY:

Simple Sentence
A simple sentence contains one independent clause. What’s an “independent clause”? It’s one subject followed by one verb or verb phrase. It expresses a single idea.

Compound Sentence
A compound sentence has two independent clauses joined by a linking word (and, but, or, so, yet, however). Each independent clause could be a sentence by itself, but we connect them with a linking word.

Complex Sentence
A complex sentence has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. A dependent clause cannot be a complete sentence by itself.

Compound-Complex Sentence
A compound-complex sentence contains 3 or more clauses: 2 independent and at least 1 dependent clause.

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The focus on what an *independent clause* is, is very important! A lot of English students skip these steps! Great video

ForYourEnglish
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Wow it almost like y'all try to make this as boring as possible

zealtic
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after getting home from work, my brother and I went to the mall last night ___ is this really a complex sentence ? or simple ? can u plz explain ?

Sreeknth
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Bruh 100% sure my class is watching this rn

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