Types of Sentences

2024-03-30

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  • Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question from a reader in Burma, also known as Myanmar.
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  • Dear teacher
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  • I am from Burma. I read the following sentence from a book.
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  • In Norway, there's an art museum for children's art.
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  • The book mentioned it is a complex sentence. I am wondering if it's right or not. Please tell me.
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  • Thank you! I wish you all the best!
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  • Your loyal reader
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  • Kyaw Zin Oo
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  • Thank you for writing, Kyaw. Before we answer your question, we need to review some terms and their meanings.
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  • A clause is a grammar unit organized around a verb phrase.
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  • A clause is made of two parts: a subject (the topic of a clause) and a verb (what is said about the topic).
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  • For example, "we laughed" is a clause.
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  • "We" is the subject, and "laughed" is the verb.
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  • "In the morning" is not a clause because it does not have a verb.
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  • There are two main kinds of clauses. Independent clauses are not dependent on any other clause.
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  • They are sentences on their own. "We laughed" is an independent clause.
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  • A dependent clause depends on an independent clause.
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  • It cannot be a sentence on its own.
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  • "Before I went," for example, is a dependent clause because, although it has a subject and a verb, it requires additional information to be a full thought.
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  • We can sort sentences into three groups by the clauses they have. A sentence must have at least one independent clause.
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  • The independent clause is a simple sentence. For example:
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  • It snowed last night.
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  • When a sentence has two or more independent clauses, it is a compound sentence. For example:
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  • I went to the party, but he stayed home.
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  • When a sentence has at least one independent clause as well as one or more dependent clauses, it is a complex sentence. For example:
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  • I'll call you when I get home.
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  • Now, to answer your question, Kyaw! Your example has only one clause. This means it is a simple sentence, not a complex sentence.
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  • There are seven simple sentence patterns in English, but we can talk about those another day.
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  • We hope this explanation has helped you, Kyaw.
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  • Do you have a question about American English? Send us an email at learningenglish@voanews.com.
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  • And that's Ask a Teacher.
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  • I'm Gena Bennett.
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  • Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question from a reader in Burma, also known as Myanmar.
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  • Question
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  • Dear teacher
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  • I am from Burma. I read the following sentence from a book.
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  • In Norway, there's an art museum for children's art.
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  • The book mentioned it is a complex sentence. I am wondering if it's right or not. Please tell me.
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  • Thank you! I wish you all the best!
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  • Your loyal reader
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  • Kyaw Zin Oo
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  • Answer
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  • Thank you for writing, Kyaw. Before we answer your question, we need to review some terms and their meanings.
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  • A clause is a grammar unit organized around a verb phrase. A clause is made of two parts: a subject (the topic of a clause) and a verb (what is said about the topic).
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  • For example, "we laughed" is a clause. "We" is the subject, and "laughed" is the verb.
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  • "In the morning" is not a clause because it does not have a verb.
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  • There are two main kinds of clauses. Independent clauses are not dependent on any other clause. They are sentences on their own. "We laughed" is an independent clause.
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  • A dependent clause depends on an independent clause. It cannot be a sentence on its own. "Before I went," for example, is a dependent clause because, although it has a subject and a verb, it requires additional information to be a full thought.
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  • We can sort sentences into three groups by the clauses they have. A sentence must have at least one independent clause. The independent clause is a simple sentence. For example:
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  • It snowed last night.
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  • When a sentence has two or more independent clauses, it is a compound sentence. For example:
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  • I went to the party, but he stayed home.
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  • When a sentence has at least one independent clause as well as one or more dependent clauses, it is a complex sentence. For example:
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  • I'll call you when I get home.
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  • Now, to answer your question, Kyaw! Your example has only one clause. This means it is a simple sentence, not a complex sentence.
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  • There are seven simple sentence patterns in English, but we can talk about those another day.
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  • We hope this explanation has helped you, Kyaw.
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  • Do you have a question about American English? Send us an email at learningenglish@voanews.com.
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  • And that's Ask a Teacher.
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  • I'm Gena Bennett.
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  • Gena Bennett wrote this lesson for VOA Learning English.
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  • Words in This Story
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  • mention -v. to briefly talk about a subject
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  • unit -n. an amount of something; one thing
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  • phrase -n. a group of words that form an idea but that do not contain a subject or verb
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  • topic -n. a subject or idea
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  • pattern-n. the repeated way something happens most of the time