Sentence Structure

Simple sentence has a subject.

Simple sentence has a predicate

Simple sentence complete an entire thought.

Example: Tracy ran through town.

Two simple sentences combined together using a conjunction is a compound sentence.

This means there are two independent thoughts.

This means there is a subject and predicate in each simple sentence.

Where the period would end the first sentence is where you will place the comma and the conjunction.

Example: Tracy ran through town, and she saw several other joggers jogging.

For

And

Nor

But

Or

Yet

So

A complex sentence has an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses.

It always has a subordinator.

Example: While Tracy was out running, she stopped by the post office to pick up her mail.

After

although

as

because

before

even if

even though

if

in order to

once

since

so that

than

that

rather than

that

though

unless

until

when

whenever

Where

whereas

wherever

whether

while

why