COMPLEX SENTENCE

AND
COMPOUND COMPLEX
SENTENCE

By : Group 5
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P Chairunisabilah Nadia Zhafirah M.
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Siti Intan R. Nasya Meta A.
As Third Speaker As Last Speaker
WHAT IS A SENTENCE?
A sentence is :
1. Group of words

3. Can stand alone

4. Expresses a complete thought

 CHARACTERISTIC OF A
SENTENCE?
A complete sentence has 3 characteristic :
It begins with a capital letter

Ends with full stop (.), question mark (?),

or exclamation point (!)

Containing at least one main clause

(S+V)
 TYPE OF A SENTENCE
BASED ON THE STRUCTURE

COMPOUND COMPLEX
SENTENCE SENTENCE
2 3
COMPOUND
SIMPLE
SENTENCE 1 4 COMPLEX
SENTENCE
 Formula : only 1 IC
Structure :
Simple 1. S + V
LET’S Sentence 2. Compound S + V
3. S + Compound V
REVIEW 4. Compound S + Compound V
THE
PREVIOUS
DISCUSSION Formula : at least 2 IC
Joined by :
Compound 1. Coordinate Conjunction
Sentence 2. Corelative Conjunction
3. Conjunctive Adverb
4. Semicolon
COMPLEX
SENTENCE
 Complex Sentence
is a sentence that
contains one
Independent Clause
and one or more
Dependent Clause.

DEFINITION
OF COMPLEX SENTENCE
 THE FORMULA
OF COMPLEX SENTENCE

Formula :

1 IC + 1 (or more) DC

Joined by :
- Subordinate Conjunction
- Relative Pronoun
- Noun Clause Markers
DO YOU REMEMBER THE TYPE OF DC?

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE

ADJECTIVE CLAUSE

NOUN CLAUSE
 COMPLEX SENTENCE WITH ADVERBIAL CLAUSE

 Adverb clause is a clause which have

function as an adverb.

 To connect independent clause and

adverb clause, we use subordinate
conjunction in front of dependent
clause (adverb clause).
 Adverb clause has many subordinating conjunction such as:

FOR EXAMPLE :

 She brushes her teeth in the

morning after waking up.

 Although it was very long, the

movie was still enjoyable
Formula :
 Because my coffee was too cold,
IC + Sub.Conj + Adv. Clause I heated it in the microwave.
 COMPLEX SENTENCE WITH ADJECTIVE CLAUSE

 Adjective clause is a clause that

modifies or gives information about a
noun or pronoun.

 The adjective clause is connected to

independent clause by relative
pronoun.
 The relative pronouns are:

FOR EXAMPLE :

 The man, whose car is antique,

works as a lecturer.

 The woman whom you saw last

night is my sister.

 The town where I grew up is

Formula : small.

IC + Relative Pronoun + Adj. Clause  The book which I bought last

week was very interesting.
 COMPLEX SENTENCE WITH NOUN CLAUSE

 Noun clause is a clause used as a noun in the

sentence.

 A noun clause can act as Subject, Object, and

Predicative Nominative.

 The noun clause begin with noun clause

markers.
 The noun clause markers are:
Why

What That

FOR EXAMPLE :

 Noun clause as a subject :

I want to know how my mother feels.

 Noun clause as an object:

Ayu is wondering who left a flower in her desk.
Formula :
 Noun clause as a predicative nominative:
IC + Noun C. Markers + Noun Clause
I have a surprise for whoever wins the game.
 Why should we care about
Complex Sentence?

There is only one reason to care about complex

sentences : comma placement

1 Comma are used when the sentence starts

with the dependent clause and aren’t used
when the dependent clause comes in the For Example :
middle or end of the sentence
I became a people-watcher when I lost
all my friends.

When I lost all my friends, I became a

people-watcher.
 Why should we care about
Complex Sentence?

2 Use commas with nonessential dependent

clauses that start with relative pronoun

For Example :

My sister who lives in London was arrested. → the clause is essential

My sister, who lives in London, was arrested. → the clause is nonessential

COMPOUND
COMPLEX
SENTENCE
 Compound
Complex Sentence
is a sentence that
contains Two (or
more) Independent
Clause and One (or
more) Dependent
Clause.

DEFINITION
OF COMPOUND COMPLEX SENTENCE
 THE FORMULA
OF COMPOUND COMPLEX SENTENCE

1. DC + IC + IC
Formula : 2. IC + DC + IC
3. IC + IC + DC

Joined by :
 For IC  For DC
- Coordinative Conjunction - Subordinate Conjunction
- Correlative Conjunction - Relative Pronoun
- Conjunctive Adverb
- Semicolon
FOR INDEPENDENT CLAUSE
FOR DEPENDENT CLAUSE
1ST FORMULA DC + IC + IC

EXAMPLES

1. After the teacher chose groups, John and

Sarah were selected as partners for a
project, yet Sarah did most of the work.

2. Unless the meeting is cancelled, I will be

sitting inside the meeting room, for I am
being asked to take a note for the minutes
of meeting.

3. Even though you force me, I can’t go out; I

have a big test tomorrow.
2ND FORMULA IC + DC + IC

EXAMPLES

1. You will never know what she is thinking

about, yet you can ask her.

2. Linda must be at work early today because

there is an important meeting, but she is
feeling sick.

3. Adam has a 17-year-old daughter whose

ambition is to be a photoghrapher, so he
bought her a high quality camera.
3RD FORMULA IC + IC + DC

EXAMPLES

1. Billy likes to speak a lot, but he can be very silent

if he wants to.

2. Laura forgot her friend’s birthday, so she sent her

a card when she finally remembered.

3. Not only Rafly voted against the measure, but

also he offered to continue the discussion which
we will do next week.

4. In spite of its small size, a sparrow has 14 bones

in its neck whereas a giraffe only has seven.
 That’s all
THANK YOU
Do you have any question ?