Types of Sentences

You will be surprised at how of sentences many types of sentences there are in the world in fact there are billions of sentences out there. I know your shocked but here is the good thing about this, is that all those sentences can be categorized into four broad types of sentences. When writing you will sometimes notice that your sentence is short and simple, sometimes it is long and sometimes it is complex. The four categories of types of sentences are:

• simple sentences
• compound sentences
• complex sentences
• complex compound sentences

You can many sentences with endless constructions but they will still be classified structurally under the four types of sentences. I personally love simple sentences, why you might ask, well a simple sentence is short and easy to understand, and it’s as simple as that. The good thing about simple sentences is that they can also be longer, complex in that they contain big words but still simple. The very long complex sentences are not only difficult to write but also hard to understand.

A simple sentence contains only one independent clause; you might wonder what a clause is. When you start learning about sentence constructions you will come across words like clauses and phrases. You should find out more about clauses and phrases. Well back to simple sentences, as we have said it contains one independent clause, this clause contains a subject and verb. You’re always advised to make complete sentences; well what this simply means is that your sentence should express a complete thought. On the downside if you use too many simple sentences your work will seem immature and choppy, you can mix the simple variety of sentence with the other varieties to make your work more lively and interesting.

Now that we know how to construct simple sentences, you will have an easier time with the next type of sentence. The compound variety of sentence, it contains two independent clauses joined by two coordinators. Find out more about coordinators, here’s a fan fact the coordinators used in a compound sentence form the word FANBOYS.

The other is the complex sentence; it contains an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses. Further on you will find the complex compound sentence. When asked to define compound complex sentence you will be right when you say that this is a sentence which may contain two or more independent clause’s joined by a dependent clause.

Now that you know the basics, you can write a paragraph using but a paragraph not only has to be correct but also has to be cohesive so as to make sense. A concluding sentence will help you with this by showing the linkage from one paragraph to the next. The concluding sentence shows cohesiveness in your paragraph in that it will sort show a summary. It concludes through summarizing the points you are trying to make. Concluding sentences tells us everything and restates what you have written in your paragraph it is the last sentence in your paper.

To help one learn better the types of sentences there are worksheets. There are types of sentencesworksheets which aid in teaching. The worksheets are just a type of test used to show a student’s ability in identifying sentence types that is the simple, compound, complex and compound complex sentences. This is according to structure because in this case we are looking at the number of clauses. When you look at the function of a sentence it is a different case.

On the types of sentence worksheets you may also find a category that shows you how to write asentence. We all learn how to write a sentence as a basic skill, but then as we grow older we need to know how to learn to write more complex and interesting sentences. We learn about the parts of a sentence, the structure and the functions.

Another type of sentence worksheet is the run-on sentence worksheet. This type of worksheet will show you how to identify a run on sentence and how to remedy this that is either splitting or joining the sentences. A run on sentence, what kind of sentence is this? This is a sentence prevents clear presentations of ideas.

According to function you can have four kinds of sentences. What are the four types of sentences we are talking about? One type of sentence according to the four kindsis the declarative sentence it is the most common type, it expresses opinion, makes a statement and generally makes a declaration. Here is a declarative sentence example it contains a subject and a predicate:

My jumper is black.

My jumper is the subject

Is black the predicate

As we have said earlier we have four kinds of sentences, on the different types of sentences worksheets you will come across the declarative as mentioned earlier, the imperative, the exclamatory and the interrogative type of sentences.

Writing sentences according to function will look at the punctuation and what are you saying. What are the four types of sentences according to function? The declarative sentence expresses an opinion, the imperative shows a command or is a form of polite request, the exclamatory sentence expresses great emotion or excitement and finally the interrogative sentence asks a question. Writing sentences work sheets will show you how to write sentences according to structure and function. When you know how to write sentences you will be more fluent and the skills in literature will be improved.