Simple Sentences :


We can categorize sentences into four main types, depending on the number and type of clauses they contain:

1. Simple (one independent clause):

We drove from Connecticut to Tennessee in one day.



2. Compound (more than one independent clause):

We were exhausted, but we arrived in time for my father's birthday party.



3. Complex (one independent clause and at least one dependent clause):

Although he is now 79 years old, he still claims to be 65.



4. Compound-complex (more than one independent clause and at least one dependent clause):

After it was all over, my dad claimed he knew we were planning something, but we think he was really surprised.