Types of sentences
Sentences are made up of clauses.
What is a clause?
A clause is a set of words with its own subject and verb.
They're two types of clause: independent clause and subordinate clause.
Independent clause standalone as a complete sentence.
e.g: "Everyone know that reggae belongs to Jamaica."
Subordinate clause has a subject and a verb but can't stand as a complete sentence.
e.g: "you never look"
Sentences
Simple sentence
A simple has a single clause.
e.g: I went fishing all day.
Compound sentence
A compound sentence has two or more independent clause joined by comma and conjunction or by a semicolon.
e.g: Kenroy is a very great soccer player; In 2015 Kenroy was voted the most promising player for 2016.
Complex sentence
This consists of one independent Clause and one subordinate clause.
e.g: Kino is the son of judge Peter and teacher Francis, he goes to school.
Exclamatory sentence
Shows a loud emotion
e.g: Get in the water now!
Declarative sentence
Gives an idea.
e.g:Ten minutes of exercise definately burn calories.
imperative sentence
Gives an command.
e.g: John look out the window to see Tony's car.
Interrogative sentence
Asks a question
e.g: Do you love mango than orange?
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