Sentences

     In English, there are 3 types of sentences. They are the simple sentence, complex sentence and compound sentence. 

1. Simple Sentence
Simple Sentence is a sentence which only consists of a subject and a verb (predicate).
-> He has a dog.
-> She is dancing.
-> I was gazing out of the window.
-> Mary entered the room.
-> The horse fell.
-> The men were walking quickly.

2. Complex Sentence
Complex Sentence is a sentence which consists of a dependent clause and an independent clause. (We shall talk about clauses in the next post)

-> Everyone who knows you acknowledge, when he considers the case calmly, that you have been wronged.
= Everyone acknowledge (Independent clause/Simple sentence)
= Who knows you (Dependent clause)
= When he considers the case calmly (Dependent clause)
= That you have been wronged. (Dependent clause)

-> The man who can play most heartily when he has the chance of playing is generally the man who can work most heartily when he must work,
= The man is generally the man. (Independent clause/Simple sentence)
= Who can play most heartily (Dependent clause)
= When he has the chance of playing (Dependent clause)
= Who can work most heartily (Dependent clause)
= When he must work. (Dependent clause)

3. Compound Sentence
Compound Sentence consists of two independent clauses connected with a conjunction (and, but, so, etc.)

-> He is slow, but he is sure.

= He is slow (Independent clause/Simple sentence)

= but (Conjunction)

= He is sure (Independent clause/Simple sentence)

-> He is unwell, so he cannot attend office.

-> She must weep or she will die.

-> He is rich, yet he is not happy.

*To note: Dependent clause is a group of words consisting of a subject and a verb but cannot stand on its own. Independent clause is a sentence consisting of a subject and a verb and can stand on its own (simple sentence).