An imperative sentence is one that is a command, a request or a suggestion. “Think small.”  E F Shumacher An imperative sentence is used to give a command, request or issue an [...]

What is an interrogative sentence?  An interrogative asks a question, and ends with a question mark. Are you going to study today? An interrogative sentence re-orders a declarative sentence. You [...]

When you want to make a statement, as this sentence is doing right now, you are using declarative sentence. This is also known as an ordinary sentence. “I like my first lines short and [...]

There are two kinds of conditional clauses: real and unreal.  Real conditional clauses describes real-life situations. If I get home early, we will bake a cake. (simple present) Unreal [...]

A subordinate clause, otherwise known as a dependent clause or a relative clause is a phrase that must be attached to an independent clause — a series of words that can stand on its own as a [...]

A compound-complex sentence is made from two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.   Compound-complex sentences are very common in English, but one mistake that students often [...]

A complex sentence has an independent clause joined by one or more dependent or subordinate clauses.  We want to express two or more ideas in one sentence. A dependent clause cannot stand alone [...]

In a compound sentence, each sentence contains two independent clauses, and they are joined by a coordinating conjunction (such as ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘or’) with a [...]

A simple sentence is also called an independent clause and it contains a subject and a verb. A simple sentence contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought. A simple sentence can [...]