The Writing Centre’s Guide to Sentence Structure
The Writing Centre¡¯s
Guide to Sentence
Structure
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WRITING TUTORS
Types of Sentences
? We are going to discuss three types of sentence structure.
? What are they?
SIMPLE SENTENCES
COMPOUND SENTENCES
COMPLEX SENTENCES
Simple Sentences
? Simple sentences consist of one independent clause, which may
be long or short.
Examples
1 subject & 1 verb
Birds fly.
Birds fly in the winter.
1 subject and 2 verbs
Sadia washes and dries the
dishes.
2 subjects and 1 verb
Jack and Dan study together
2 subjects and 2 verbs
Sadia and Ali work and live
together.
Simple Sentences
? Simple sentences consist of one independent clause, which may
be long or short.
Examples
1 subject & 1 verb
Birds fly.
Birds fly in the winter.
1 subject and 2 verbs
Sadia washes and dries the
dishes.
2 subjects and 1 verb
Jack and Dan study together
2 subjects and 2 verbs
Sadia and Ali work and live
together.
Simple Sentences
? Simple sentences consist of one independent clause, which may
be long or short.
Examples
1 subject & 1 verb
Birds fly.
Birds fly in the winter.
1 subject and 2 verbs
Sadia washes and dries the
dishes.
2 subjects and 1 verb
Jack and Dan study together
2 subjects and 2 verbs
Sadia and Ali work and live
together.
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