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English for Tourism & Hospitality (102) by Prof. Adel AlSheikh

Sentence types

One way to categorize sentences is by the
clauses they contain. (A clause is a part of a
sentence containing a subject and a predicate.)
Here are the 4 sentence types:

 Simple: Contains a single, independent clause.
o I don't like dogs.
o Our school basketball team lost their last
game of the season 75-68.
o The old hotel opposite the bus station in the
center of the town is probably going to be
knocked down at the end of next year.

 Compound: Contains two independent
clauses that are joined by a coordinating
conjunction. (The most common coordinating
conjunctions are: but, or, and, so.
Remember: boas.)

o I don't like dogs, and my sister doesn't like cats.
o You can write on paper, or you can use a computer.
o A tree fell onto the museum roof in a storm, but

none of the visitors was injured.

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