Sentence Types

Click the links below to learn each of the six types of sentences and their clause structures by using the learning strategy of comparison and contrast.

Simple

Compare the most basic type of sentence, simple, with it's more complex counterpart, compound.

Compound

Compare compound sentences with simple sentences to help your brain learn the difference.

Dependent

Learn the difference between sentences that start with dependent clauses and those that end with them.

List

Learn the difference between list sentences and the commonly mistaken appositive sentence.

Appositive

Learn how appositive sentences are structured differently from list sentences.

Mulit-Complex

Learn how to put together all types of sentences in order to build a multi-complex sentence.