5.6  Sentence Types

There are four basic types of sentences. If you want to be able to write an essay with varied sentences, you'll need to know how to write all four, as well as how to avoid fragments and run-on sentences. Here are the four types:

Simple:
I'm writing this simple sentence.
(one subject and one verb)

Compound:
I'm writing some simple sentences, but this one is compound.
(two simple sentences joined by a comma and but)

Complex:
Although I'm writing some simple sentences, this one is complex.
(an introductory clause added to a simple sentence)

Compound-Complex:
Although I'm writing different sentence types, this one is compound-complex, and I'm glad there aren't more types.
(an introductory clause added to two simple sentences joined by a comma and "and")

  Fix These Sentences

The paragraph that follows has several errors in sentence structure. Rewrite the paragraph and fix the sentence fragments and run-on sentences.

      I had to run home while the bumblebees chased me because I had accidentally wrecked their nest and my bike fell down and I scraped my knee and they wouldn't stop chasing me. All the way home. My grandmother was surprised and screamed. When she saw me. I had bumblebees in my hands and there were lots of stings and my bike was gone so she put a cold cloth on my forehead and I said my knee was hurt too. That was quite a day.

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