Gabrielle Allen

Professor Pathe

Tutoring

11 September 2017

English 101 Tutoring Lab Notes

Kinds of Sentences and Their Punctuation

Four Types of Sentences

1. Simple sentence
a. Independent sentence
b. Contains a subject and a verb to be complete
c. Ex: I like candy.
d. A dependent clause is not a sentence even though it contains a subject and verb, it
does not contain a complete though.
i. Ex: After the UMD Football team won many games last year
2. Compound sentence
a. Has two independent sentences that are joined by a coordinating conjunction,
conjunctive adverb, or a semicolon alone
b. FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
c. Ex: Gabi likes candy; however, Gabi likes vegetables too.
3. Complex sentence
a. Has one dependent clause joined to an independent sentence
b. Ex: Although Gabi loves candy, Gabi likes vegetables too.
c. Ex: Gabi, a college student, loves candy!
4. Compound-Complex sentence
a. Has two independent sentences joined to one or more dependent clauses.