What are simple sentences?

What are simple sentences?

A simple sentence is a sentence containing only one clause, or more specifically, an independent clause, with a subject and a predicate.

What are simple and compound sentences?

About Transcript. A simple sentence contains one independent clause. A compound sentence contains more than one! Put another way: a simple sentence contains a subject and a predicate, but a compound sentence contains more than one subject and more than one predicate.

How do you write a simple compound sentence?

We can convert a compound sentence into a simple sentence by reducing the number of clauses into one. Here we reduced the clause ‘He got up’ into the participial phrase ‘getting up’. More examples are given below. Here we reduced the clause ‘he gave them some land also’ into the prepositional phrase ‘besides a house’.

How do you identify a compound sentence?

All grammatically correct sentences have at least one independent clause, and, therefore, they have at least one subject and one verb. A compound sentence is made up of two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, or so) and a comma or by a semicolon alone.

How do you change a simple sentence in a sentence?

A simple sentence has only one main clause. It does not have any subordinate clauses. A complex sentence has one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses. A complex sentence can be converted into a simple sentence by contracting a subordinate clause into a word or phrase.

How do you convert sentences?

We can change a simple sentence into a compound sentence or a complex sentence. This is usually done by expanding a word or phrase into a clause. In the same way, we can change a complex or compound sentence into a simple sentence. This is done by reducing a clause into a word or phrase.

How do you write a simple sentence in a complex sentence?

A complex sentence can be converted to a simple sentence by changing noun clauses, adjective clauses and adverb clauses to a word or phrase.

1. Noun clauses. He admitted that he was guilty. ( Complex sentence)
2. Adjective clauses. I have no money that I can lend you. (
3. Adverb clauses. When he saw the police he ran away. (

What is complex sentence and example?

A complex sentence is a sentence that contains one independent and at least one dependent clause (sometimes called a subordinate clause). When these two types of clauses appear in a sentence, we create a complex sentence. Consider this example: I like to eat the candy before I watch a movie.

What is compound and complex sentences?

A compound sentence consists of two or more independent clauses. A complex sentence has at least one independent clause plus at least one dependent clause. A set of words with no independent clause may be an incomplete sentence, also called a sentence fragment. Sentence 1 is an example of a simple sentence.

What is an example of a compound sentence?

A compound sentence is a sentence that has at least two independent clauses joined by a comma, semicolon or conjunction. An independent clause is a clause that has a subject and verb and forms a complete thought. An example of a compound sentence is, ‘This house is too expensive, and that house is too small.

What are conjunctions examples?

Conjunction is a word that joins words, phrases, clauses or sentence. e.g. but, and, yet, or, because, nor, although, since, unless, while, where etc. Examples: She bought a shirt and a book.