There are only four sentence types in English. The following resources explain how to construct these sentence types and how to use correct punctuation.
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Sentences: Simple, Compound, and Complex - Illinois Valley Community College ★★★★☆ |
A very clean and easy-to-read resource. The site doesn't explain compound-complex sentences (but this sentence type is reserved for advanced students). Look for the video toward the end of the page. |
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Kinds of Sentences and Their Punctuation - Towson University ★★★★☆ |
This resource includes an explanation on compound-complex sentences (but isn't as pleasing to the eye). |
| Chapter 9: Building Sentences - Jamie | The web version of this document is available here. |
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The 4 English Sentence Types – simple, compound, complex, compound-complex - YouTube [English Lessons with Adam] ★★★★☆ |
For those students that prefer having an instructor show them how to construct the four sentence types. |
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QUIZ: Is the sentence simple, compound, complex or compound-complex? - IXL Learning ★★★★★ |
Test out your ability to recognize the various sentence types. |
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Quiz on Sentence Types - Capital Community College ★★★★☆ |
Keywords: sentence types, types of sentences, simple sentences, compound sentences, complex sentences, compound-complex sentences, complex-compound sentences, phrases
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