What is sentence? Sentence is a group of words, minimal has subject and predicate, which expresses a thought in written or spoken form. Types of Sentences 1. Types of Sentences according to their purpose. 2. Types of Sentences according to their syntax 3. Types of Sentences according to their form 4. Types of Sentences according to completeness 5. Types of Sentences according to what kind of category occurs in the predicate position of the sentence. Types of Sentences according to their purpose A declarative sentence makes a statement. Since we usually make statements that declare something, most of your sentences are declarative. All declarative sentences are ended with a period. Examples: The dodgers won the first inning. The tallest animal in the world is a giraffe.

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The Types of Sentences
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2. What is
sentence?
Sentence is a group of words,
minimal has subject and
predicate, which expresses a
thought in written or spoken
form.

3. Types of Sentences
1. Types of Sentences according to their
purpose.
2. Types of Sentences according to their syntax
3. Types of Sentences according to their form
4. Types of Sentences according to completeness
5. Types of Sentences according to what kind of
category occurs in the predicate position of
the sentence.

4. 1. Types of Sentences according to
their purpose
a. Declarative sentence.
b. Imperative sentence
c. Interrogative sentence
d. Exclamatory sentence

5. 1. Types of Sentences according to their purpose
a. Declarative sentence.
A declarative sentence makes
a statement. Since we usually
make statements that declare
something, most of your
sentences are declarative. All
declarative sentences are
ended with a period.
Examples:
• The dodgers won the first
inning.
• The tallest animal in the
world is a giraffe.
b. Imperative sentence
An imperative sentence gives a
command or makes a request. A
command or a request usually
has the understood subject you.
If we want to give stress on our
imperative sentence, we may
end the sentence with an
exclamation point.
Examples:
• Turn right at the next corner.
• Please send me your free
catalogue.

6. 1. Types of Sentences according to their purpose
c. Interrogative sentence
An interrogative
sentence asks a question.
To interrogative means to
ask. An interrogative
sentence is followed by a
question mark.
Examples:
• Where is Roy going
now?
• Why can’t we ever see
the other side of the
moon?
d. Exclamatory sentence
An exclamatory sentence expresses
strong feeling. An exclamatory point
always follows a sentence expressing
strong feeling.
Examples:
• What a race!
• How lucky you are!
If we show strong feeling who
making a statement, asking a
question, or giving command, then
our sentence is exclamatory.
Examples:
• I won the booby prize!
• Wasn’t he funny!
• Help! Call the police!

7. 2. Types of Sentences according
to their syntax
a. simple sentence
b.compounds sentence
c. complex sentence
d.compounds-complex sentence.

8. Simple
Senten
ce
Simple sentence has only
one full predication in the
term of an independent
clause. A simple sentence
has the most basic
elements that make it a
sentence: a subject, a verb,
and a completed thought.
Example
The man stole the jewelry
• The Subject is The man
• The verb is stole
• The object is the jewelry

9. Compound Sentence
Compound sentence is a sentence that has two or more full
predications in the term of independent clause. It means
that all of the clause are main clause which connected to
one another with a coordinating conjunction. Coordinating
conjunctions are easy to remember if you think of the
words "FAN BOYS": For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So.
Example:
The man stole the jewelry and hid it in his home.
• Independent clause : The man stole the jewelry
• Coordinating conjunction : and
• Independent clause : hid it in his home

10. Complex
Sentence
Example:
The man stole the jewelry that had expensive price.
Independent clause : The man stole the jewelry.
Dependent clause : that had expensive price.
Complex sentence is a
sentence that has two or more
full predications. One of these
is an independent clause (main
clause) that is similar to the
form of the simple sentence,
and one or more of these are
dependent clause (subordinate
clause)
The subordinate clause
dependent clause can be began
with the following term:
• Subordinate
conjunction (after, since,
when, although, because) use
to state adverbial clause.
• Relative pronoun (who,
which, whose, whom, that)
use to state adjective clause.
• Question word, if/weather,
atau that use to state noun
clause.

11. Compound-complex Sentence
Compound-complex sentence
is a combination of compound sentence and complex sentence. It can
be stated that a compound complex is a sentence which consists of at
least two main clauses and one subordinate clause or more.
Example:
The man stole the jewelry and hid it in his home
until he could safely get out of town.
• Independent clause : The man stole the jewelry.
• Coordinating conjunction : and
• Independent clause : hid it in his home.
• Dependent clause : until he could safely get
out of town.

12. 3. Types of Sentences according to
their form
a. Periodic sentence.
b. Loose sentence

13. Periodic Sentence
Periodic sentence is a long
sentence that has the main
point at the end.
Example:
Considering the free health care, the cheap tuition fees, the low
crime rate, the comprehensive social programs, and the
wonderful winters, I am willing to pay slightly higher taxes for
the privilege of living in Canada.
The main point of this sentence is that the writer prefers to live in Canada. At
the beginning of this sentence, the reader does not know what point the
writer is going to make: what about the free health care, cheap tuition fees,
low crime rate, comprehensive social programs, and wonderful winters? The
reader has to read all of this information without knowing what the
conclusion will be.

14. Loose Sentence
Loose sentence is a long
sentence that has the
main point at the
beginning.
Example:
• I am willing to pay slightly higher taxes for the privilege
of living in Canada, considering the free health care, the
cheap tuition fees, the low crime rate, the comprehensive
social programs, and the wonderful winters.
The main point of this sentence is that the writer prefers to
live in Canada, and the writer makes the point at the very
beginning: everything which follows is simply extra
information.

15. 4. Types of Sentences according
to completeness
a. A full sentence.
b. An incomplete sentence.

16. A full Sentence
A full sentence also called a complete
sentence. It is a regular sentence
which contains a finite verb. It has a
subject and a predicate.
Example:
• I have a book.

17. An Incomplete Sentence
An incomplete sentence also called minor sentence. An
incomplete sentence is a sentence in irregular type. It
means that the sentence does not countain a finite verb,
and frequently found in colloquial speech.
Example:
• Just a minute
• Yes.
• Coffee?

18. 5. Types of Sentences according to what
kind of category occurs in the
predicate position of the sentence.
a. Equational sentences.
b. Descriptional sentence.
c. An actional sentence.

19. Equational Sentence
Equational sentence is the sentence that
has a Noun Phrase in the position of
predicate.
Example:
Her friend is my friend

20. Descriptional Sentence
Descriptional sentence is the
sentence that has adverbial or
adjective phrase in its predicate.
Example:
His coming is five times.

21. An Actional Sentence
• An actional sentence is the
sentence which the predicate
is Verb Phrase.
Example:
Dani is studying.

22. EVALUATION
A. Identify these sentences based on their types
and the type of each sentence.
1. She is very beautiful.
2. I am waiting for you.
3. That building is a book store.
4. Because she had free time during last holiday,
she rearranged her house.
5. Mary and Samantha arrived at the bus station
before noon, and they left on the bus before I
arrived.

23. 6. What a wonderful mountain it is!
7. Write the good sentence in a peace of paper!
8. Where is my new book?
9. The Internet provides an endless source of
entertainment, because of the variety of
websites, fun games, entertaining videos, and
Wikipedia.
10. Andra found a lot of expired food, but he didn’t
got rid of it because he was too lazy to do it.

24. B. Make a sentence based on the type bellow. One type
one sentence. Discuss with your friend in a group!
Group A
1. Based on the purpose:
a. Imperative sentence :
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b. Exclamatory sentence :
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c. Interrogative sentence :
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d. Declarative sentence :
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25. Group B
2. Based on the syntax:
a. Simple sentence :
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b. Complex sentence :
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c. Compound sentence :
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d. Compound-complex sentence:
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26. Group C
3. Based on the form:
a. As loose sentence :
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b. As periodic sentence :
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27. Group D
4. Based on the completeness:
a. As full sentence :
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b. As incomplete sentence :
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5. Based on the what kind of category occurs in the predicate position of the
sentence.
a. Descriptional sentence :
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b. Actional sentence :
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c. Equational sentence :
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