Full Lesson: Four Sentence Structures

Simple Sentences

Compound Sentences

Complex Sentences

Interrogative Sentences

A sentence with two or more independent clauses.

A sentence that contains a subject and a predicate and expresses a complete thought.

A sentence with only a predicate.

A sentence with no subject.

Maria sings a song.

She cooks dinner.

The fluffy dog ran.

Because it was raining, we stayed inside.

With a comma and a coordinating conjunction

With a semicolon

With a period

With a colon

for

and

but

because

Using a comma and a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS, or using a semicolon

Using only a comma

Using only a coordinating conjunction

Using a period

and

because

since

but

Because it was raining

we stayed inside

Because

it was raining

A comma after the dependent clause

A semicolon before the dependent clause

No punctuation is needed

A period after the dependent clause

A sentence with two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.

A sentence with only one independent clause and one dependent clause.

A sentence with two independent clauses and a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS).

A sentence with an independent clause.

Coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS)

Semicolons (;)

Subordinating conjunctions (AWHITEBUS)

Exclamation marks (!)

Since I was at school

I raised my hand

and I asked the teacher for help

Since