Sentence Structure Classification Examples

Sentence Structure Classification

• Compound Sentences: Two or more independent clauses joined by a conjunction.

  • Example: "Ray left forward to seeing his cousins, Joe was eager to play with his uncle's band."
  • Example: "Their reports captured the interest of the nation, and Congress quickly acted to preserve the region as a national Park."

• Compound-Complex Sentences: At least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.

  • Example: "In the early days, professional storytellers wandered from house to house, and they were paid for their storytelling with small gifts."
  • Example: "He eats people, because he cannot be killed in any ordinary way, he is especially frightening."

• Complex Sentences: One independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

  • Example: "If they took a train, they could see all the sites."
  • Example: "The museum is the international museum of children's art, which occupies a big, old house in Oslo."
  • Example: "Because Philo T. Fransworth helped invent television, his name is in encyclopedias."

• Simple Sentences: Contains a subject and a verb, and expresses a complete thought.

  • Example: "The boys wanted to take a vacation last summer."
  • Example: "The first recorded trip to the Yellowstone geysers was made in 1807 by John Colter."
  • Example: "A statue of Buddha in Tokyo, Japan, is the world’s tallest statue."