Flashcards in Types of sentences Deck (9)
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Declarative
Statements that convey information
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Interrogative
Questions that ask for information
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Imperative
Commands that instruct someone to do something
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Exclamative
Exclamations used to express strong emotions or assertions
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Minor sentences
complete and meaningful statements that don't have a subject and verb combination. E.G. Be quiet
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Simple sentences
must have a subject and a verb, should express a complete thought and only contain one clause. E.G. I remember it well
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Compound sentences
with two or more main independent clauses usually joined by one of the conjunctions and, or, but. E.G. Last week I went to Cardiff BUT it was closed
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Complex sentences
consists of a main clause and one or more subordinate clauses usually joined together by a subordinate conjunction (because).
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