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G2. Types of sentences
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Here are a few sentences taken from the lesson.

1. I am a convict.
2. I’m a beast now, and they made me what I am.
3. While we have supper, your bed will be made ready.

You’ve studied clauses earlier. A clause is a group of words
with a subject and a predicate. Clauses are of two types main
clause and subordinate clause.

A main clause can give its meaning independently whereas
a subordinate clause cannot, without the help of a main clause.
Sentence 1 has only one main clause. It is a simple
sentence.
Sentence 2 has two parts. They are:
‘I’m a beast now’ and ‘they made me what I am’.

Both these parts are main clauses. They are joined by a
coordinating conjunction ‘and’.

It is a compound sentence. A compound sentence has two
or more main clauses.

Sentence 3 also has two parts. They are - ‘while we have supper’
and ‘your bed will be made ready’.
‘While we have supper’ depends on ‘your bed will be made ready’
to have its full meaning.
‘While we have supper’ is the subordinate clause and ‘your bed
will be made ready’ is the main clause. It is a complex sentence.
A complex sentence has one main clause and one or more
subordinate clauses.

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