PROFESORADO DE INGLS - Gramtica Inglesa I Clases prcticas - Comisin: M. C.

Vazquez

SENTENCE TYPES (Key)

1) Simple Sentence (S S)

2) S S

3) [I tried (to speak Spanish)], and [my friend tried (to speak English)]. Complex Compound Sentence (Cx Cd
S)
DO / To infinitive clause coord conj. DO / To infinitive clause

4) [Alejandro played football], so [Mara went shopping]. Compound Sentence (Cd S) but also considered
Cx S
coord conj. where so is a subordinanting conjunction.

5) [Alejandro played football], for [Mara went shopping)]. Compound Sentence (Cd S) but also considered
Cx S
coord conj. where for is a subordinanting conjunction.

6) [(When he handed in his homework), he forgot (to give the teacher the last page)]. Cx S
sub. conj. DO / To infinitive clause
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A A of time / Advl c

7) [The teacher returned the homework (after she noticed the error)]. Cx S
sub. conj.
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A A of time / Advl c

8) [The students are studying (because they have a test tomorrow)]. Cx S

sub. conj.
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A A of reason / Advl c

9) [ (After they finished stuying), Juan and Mara went to the movies]. Cx S
sub. conj.
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A A of time / Advl c

10) [Juan and Mara went to the movies (after they finished stuying) ]. Cx S
sub. conj.
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A A of time / Advl c

11) [The woman (who(m) my mom talked to) sells cosmetics]. Cx S

relative pronoun
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PM / R c

12) [The book (that Jonathan read) is on the shelf]. Cx S

relative pronoun
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PM / R c
13) [The house (which Abraham Lincoln was born in) is still standing]. Cx S
relative pronoun
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PM / R c

14) [The town (where I grew up) is in the United States]. Cx S

relative adv.
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PM / R c
15) S S
16) S S
17) S S
18) S S
19) S S
20) S S
21) [Canada is a rich country], but [still it has many poor people]. Cd S
coord conj.

22) [The package arrived in the morning], but [the courier left (before I could check the contents)]. Cx Cd S
coord conj. sub. conj.
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A A of time / Advl c

23) [Sir John A. Macdonald had a serious drinking problem]; [(when sober), however, he could be a formidable
sub. conj.
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Verbless adjective clause
foe in the House of Commons]. Cx Cd S

24) [My friend invited me to a party]. SS

[I do not want (to go)]. It could be considered a Cx S because of the non-finite verb.
DO / To infinitive clause

25) [My friend invited me to a party], but [I do not want (to go)]. Cx Cd S
DO / To infinitive clause

26) [ (Although my friend invited me to a party), I do not want to go]. Cx S

sub. conj.
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A A of concession / Advl c

27) Cd S

28) Cx Cd S (GRAMMAR II)

[Democracy is a noble goal]; [it is important, however, (to protect the minority from the tyranny of the majority)].
Anticiparory Real subject / To infinitive clause
subject

29) S S

30) [Call your father (as soon as you arrive in Antigonish)]. Cx S

sub. conj.
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 A A of time / Advl c

31) S S

32) [(Unless my girlfriend postpones her visit from Calgary), I will not have time (to study for my exam)]. Cx S
sub. conj. Apposition / To infinitive c
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A A of condition / Advl c

33) [Susanne wanted (to be here)], but [she cannot come (because her car is in the shop)]. Cx Cd S
DO / To infinitive c coord conj. sub. conj.
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A A of reason / Advl c

34) [The football game was cancelled (because it was raining)]. Cx S

sub. conj.
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A A of reason / Advl c

35) [The football game was cancelled because of the rain]. SS

P OP/NP
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A A of reason / Advl p

36) [ (When the train arrives) and (if Ms. Langlois is on it), she will be served with a subpoena]. Cx S
sub. conj. sub. conj.
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A A of time / Advl c A A of condition / Advl c
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Dependent c 1 coord conj. Dependent c 2
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P S/NP P