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Types of Sentences
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By Purpose

 * Sentences can be classified based on their purpose. **

//Declarative//

 * declares or makes a statement; ends with a period
 * Example: I am going home.

//Interrogative//

 * interrogates or asks a question; ends with a question mark
 * Example: When are you going to work?

//Imperative//

 * gives a command; ends with a period or an exclamation mark
 * Example: Pay attention.

//Exclamatory//

 * exclaims or shows strong feeling; ends with an exclamation mark
 * Example: We won the game!

//Interjection//

 * a kind of short exclamation; usually ends with an exclamation mark
 * Example: Wow!

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By Structure

 * Sentences also can be classified by the number and types of clauses. **

//Simple//

 * consists of a single independent clause with no dependent clauses
 * Examples : Subject + Predicate
 * The boy jumped.
 * The boy and girl jumped.
 * The boy jumped and shouted.
 * The boy and girl jumped and shouted.
 * The boy jumped and shouted on the trampoline.
 * Note: Compound subjects (boy and girl), compound predicates (jumped and shouted), and prepositional phrases (on the trampoline) do not change the structure of the simple sentence. It remains a single independent clause with no dependent clauses.

//Compound//

 * consists of multiple independent clauses with no dependent clauses
 * clauses are joined together using conjunctions, punctuation , or both
 * Example: My friend invited me to a tea party, but my parents didn't let me go.

//Complex//

 * consists of at least one independent clause and one dependent clause
 * Example:﻿ John ate the meal that she cooked.
 * Note: Dependent clauses are introduced by either a relative pronoun or a subordinanting conjunction.
 * Relative pronouns: who, whom, which, that, what, whoever, whatever, and whichever
 * Subordinating conjunctions:
 * Time: before, after, when, whenever, until, while, as soon as, as long as.
 * Place: where, wherever
 * Purpose: so that, in order that, so
 * Cause: because, since
 * Condition: if, unless, provided that, except, unless, whether
 * Contrast: although, though, even though, despite, in spite of, than

it is introduced by either a **relative pronoun** or a **subordinating conjunction**, which makes the clause grammatically "dependent" on the rest of the sentence.

//Complex-compound (or compound-complex) //

 * consists of multiple independent clauses, at least one of which has at least one dependent clause
 * combining a compound sentence with a complex sentence
 * Example:﻿ The dog lived in the backyard, but the cat , who knew he was superior, l ived inside the house.

 **List of Sources**  __Content__  //Sentence (linguistics)// from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A Ten Minute Tour of Complex Sentences: Phrases, Clauses, and What They Do, University of Chicago Writing Program