Sentence types can be classified as declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory. Each type has its own syntax and purpose.
Subject and Predicate: A sentence consists of two basic elements, subject and predicate. The subject tells who or what the sentence is about, and the predicate tells what the subject is doing or what is happening to the subject.
Declarative Sentences: A sentence that makes a statement, gives information or expresses an opinion.
Imperative Sentences: A sentence that gives an order or command.
Interrogative Sentences: A sentence that asks a question.
Exclamatory Sentences: A sentence that expresses strong feelings or emotions.
Simple Sentences: A sentence that consists of only one independent clause.
Compound Sentences: A sentence that consists of two or more independent clauses joined by coordinating conjunctions.
Complex Sentences: A sentence that consists of one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
Compound-Complex Sentences: A sentence that combines two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
Coordination: The connection of words or groups of words of equal importance in a sentence using coordinating conjunctions.
Subordination: The connection between a dependent clause and an independent clause in a complex sentence.
Phrases: A group of words that functions as a single unit within a sentence but does not contain both a subject and predicate.
Clauses: A group of words that contains a subject and a predicate and can express a complete thought.
Dependent Clauses: A clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence and functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb within a sentence.
Independent Clauses: A clause that can stand alone as a complete sentence.
Parallelism: The repetition of grammatically similar structures or forms within a sentence or paragraph.
Inversion: The reversal of the usual order of words in a sentence to achieve a desired effect.
Loose Sentences: A sentence that creates a relaxed, conversational tone and structure by placing the main idea at the beginning followed by additional details.
Periodic Sentences: A sentence that withholds its main idea until the end, creating tension and anticipation before its final reveal.
Run-on Sentences: A sentence where two or more independent clauses are incorrectly joined without proper punctuation.
Declarative sentence: A declarative sentence makes a statement or declaration.
Interrogative sentence: An interrogative sentence asks a question.
Imperative sentence: An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request.
Exclamatory sentence: An exclamatory sentence expresses strong emotion.
Compound sentence: A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction.
Complex sentence: A complex sentence contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
Compound-complex sentence: A compound-complex sentence contains at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
Simple sentence: A simple sentence contains only one independent clause.
Absolute phrase: An absolute phrase is a sentence part that consists of a noun and a participle, along with any related words or modifiers.
Appositive phrase: An appositive phrase renames or explains a noun or pronoun.
Participial phrase: A participial phrase contains a participle and any related words or modifiers.
Prepositional phrase: A prepositional phrase starts with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun.
Gerund phrase: A gerund phrase is a sentence part that starts with a gerund and includes any related words or modifiers.
Infinitive phrase: An infinitive phrase is a sentence part that starts with an infinitive and includes any related words or modifiers.
Clause: A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb.
Dependent clause: A dependent clause is a clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence.
Independent clause: An independent clause is a clause that can stand alone as a sentence.