LESSON 1 Kinds of Sentences

Kinds of sentence according to Purpose/Use:

1. Declarative expresses and idea and ends with a period.
2. Imperative gives an order or direction and usually ends with a period. To make
a strong command, use an exclamation mark to end the sentence. It uses
:please, may or kindly when making request.
3. Exclamatory conveys a strong emotion and ends with an exclamation mark.
4. Interrogative asks question and ends with a question mark.
Kinds of sentence according to Structure:
1. Simple has one independent clause although its part can be compound.
Ex. Both the pupils and the teachers attended the mass.
2. Compound has two or more independent clauses.
Ex. Bird chirps; dog barks and cat meow.
3. Complex has one independent clause and one or more dependent clause/s
Ex. The beautiful flowers whose fragrance is similar to that of the Rose wilted
easily.
4. Compound complex has two or more independent clauses and one or more
dependent clause/s.
Ex. If you want to achieve your goal, you must do something and work hard for it,
finally, you will have it without fail.
Kinds of conjunctions:
1. Coordinating are used to connect words or group of words having the same
function in a sentence. They can join various parts of speech or sentence parts:
nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, phrases or clauses.
And but
for
nor
or
so
yet
2. Correlative are used like coordinating conjunctions, but they are always in
pairs.
Bothand eitheror
neithernor not onlybut also whetheror
3. Subordinating express relationships of time, manner, cause, or reason,
comparison, condition, or purpose. They are used to introduce subordinate
clause that are not complete sentence. Subordinate clauses are always
connected to clauses that are complete (independent clauses) since they do not
convey complete thoughts.
After
as long as before
whenever
while
Where
wherever
because
as much as
than
Whereas

although

as long as

even if

even though

Provided

though

unless

in order that

if

so that
how

as if
no matter how

in that
insofar as

As
since
Incase (that) that

Inasmuch as supposing (that)

once when

why

4. Conjunctive adverb are used to connect clauses that can stand alone by
themselves as sentences. They are preceded by a semi-colon and are followed
by a comma.
Accordingly
Consequently
Nevertheless

however
otherwise
furthermore hence
therefore
still

thus
indeed
then

After all
For example

in fact
as a result

also
in other words
nonetheless meanwhile

Incidentally

instead

on the contrary in addition

besides
moreover
finally
likewise
next

NOTE 1: Conjunctive adverbs are sometimes used as simple adverbs. If they do not
connect independent clauses, they are not conjunctive adverbs. Then, they are merely
adverbs modifying a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
The tricky part is that these same adverbs can also transform into conjunctive adverbs.
Conjunctive adverbs can be used with a comma to introduce a new independent clause,
or they can help connect two independent clauses together after a semicolon. Typically,
each conjunctive adverb is followed by a comma.