SIMPLE AND COMPLEX SENTENCES


1.      Simple sentence

cows graze in groves on grass which grows in grooves.

a sentence is a group of words that contains a subject and predicate, and makes complete sense by itself. the subject refers to what or whom we are talking about in the sentence. the predicate tells us more about the subject, the predicate contains the verb. a sentence must contain a subject and a verb.

2.      Complex sentence
Complex sentence used to express complex ideas by Showing how ideas and or events are related to each other; Providing extra information about certain words or phrases. A complex sentence consists of a main clause and one or more subordinate clauses.
e.g: When he killed the dragon, the knight felt strangely sad, because it had been a mighty beast.
Even with the wheather being that nasty, the couple and their families decided to go ahead with the wedding as planned.
complex sentence consists of one independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses (cannot stand alone) and always has a subordinator conjunction (although, because, since, when, after) or relative pronoun (that, which, who). complex sentence begin with a conjunction and the ideas are separated with a comma (,). e.g. although she was a great English teacher, she couldn't change a lightbulb safely.
e.g. when he came home, his mother hugged him.
i clapped loudly when my son went up onstage.
i love English because it is interesting.
after she left, her parents arrived.

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