Simple,

Compound,
Complex Sentences

DEWI CAHYA UTAMI, S.Pd.MM

Clause
• Clause mempunyai pola subjek+predikat yang dapat
membentuk kalimat atau merupakan bagian dari kalimat.
• Klausa dibagi menjadi 2 jenis yaitu independent clause dan Clause
dependent clause.

Independent Dependent
Clause Clause
Independent clause adalah Dependent Clause adalah
klausa yang dapat berdiri klausa yang tak dapat berdiri
sendiri (sudah mengandung sendiri (kelompok kata yang
semua informasi yang berisi subjek dan predikat
diperlukan untuk menjadi tetapi tidak bisa menjadi
kalimat lengkap) kalimat atau tidak
Example: mempunyai arti yang
I am eating lengkap)
Example:
When I am eating

S
Simple Sentences
Simple Sentences
Rumus: Subject+Predicate
Hanya mengandung independent clause saja
1 subjek & 1 predikat

01 Susan is writing
S P
1 subjek & 2 predikat
02 Beth copies and types letters
S P

2 subjek & 1 predikat

03 Dorothy and Giselle invited me
S P

2 subjek & 2 predikat

04 lydia and louis writing and reading all night
S P
Compound Sentences
“ Dalam Compound Sentences terdapat 2 Independent Clause.
Rumus:
Subject+Predicate+Coordinator Conjunction+Subject+Predicate

Coordinator Conjunction yaitu

• for (untuk)
• and (dan)
• nor (tidak juga)
• but (tetapi)
• or (atau)
“
• yet (namun)
• so (sehingga)

Compound Sentences
 Compound Sentences
Examples

Lisa wants to tell her parents about her bad

Rendy will be late for he get stuck in the IC
01 IC CC IC 04 scores but she does not have the courage to.
traffic jam. CC IC

The baby keeps on crying and we feel Lisa does not like watching horror movies
02 IC
disturbed with him.
CC
05 IC
nor does she like romantics.
IC CC IC

I will take my leave for 5 days

I will let Randy drive me or I will take the
03 taxi. 06   IC
so Linda will replace me.
IC CC IC
CC IC
Complex Sentences
• Dalam Complex Sentences terdapat Independent Clause dan
Dependent Clause
• Rumus:
Subject+Predicate+Subordinator Conjunction+Subject+Predicate
Complex
• Klausa Independent di Complex Sentence disebut juga Main Clause
• Sentences
• Klausa Dependent di Complex Sentence disebut Subordinate Clause,
jika klausa dependent tersebut bergabung dengan Subordinator
Conjunction
after if though although
if only till as in order that
unless as if now that where
until as long as once when
as though rather than whenever because
since before So that whereas
wherever even though that even if
while than
Complex Sentences
Examples

01 You better be prepared before the teacher held the

test.
IC DC

02 Because I had free time last monday, I baked strawberry cake.

DC IC

Give me a call if you have arrived in front of my house

03 IC DC

When I was still a baby, I used to be fat.

04 DC IC
Compound-Complex S
entences
Compound-Complex Sentence merupakan gabungan compound dengan
complex sentence
Terdapat Coordinator Conjunction dan juga Subordinator Conjunction.
Terdapat minimal 3 klausa yang merupakan gabungan dari 2 klausa
independent, 1 klausa dependent.
Compound
• Because you were late, we could not watch the movie from
Complex
DC IC
the beginning; and I need to re-watch it again.
Sentences
IC

• I do not like the cookies that she bakes, but I still eat it.
IC DC IC

• The weather is nice, but we still cannot go to the beach 

IC IC
because my father is sick.
DC
 Warm Up Exercise
Is the sentences below a simple, a compound, a complex, or a compound-complex sentence?
Raise your hand if you know the answer
Simple Sentences
Complex Sentences

While I am cooking, Linda is The babies laughed and

busy preparing for the table. cried simultaneously.
A B

C D I have to work or I will not get

That puzzle is too complicated, but
payment
I would like to solve it before
somebody else did.
Compound
Compound-Complex Sentences
Sentences
 Writing
Exercise
Let’s try a writing exercise! Make a simple story using a
simple, a compound, a complex, also a compound-com
plex sentences… Like this!
Susan was dining alone. She was uncomfortable,
and she hid her face in a book. When she looked up, sh
e saw the most handsome man she had ever seen. Afte
r he joined her, she knew it was love at first sight, and it
was not long before they were married.

After you are finish, read your story in front of everyone

in class
 Reading
Exercise
Read the paragraph below and
answer the question
(1) Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways. (2) For
one thing, he hated the summer holidays more than any other Reading
time of year.
(3) For another, he really wanted to do his homework but was
Exercise
forced to do it in secret, in the dead of night. (4) And he also
happened to be a wizard. (5) It was nearly midnight, and he was
lying on his stomach in bed, the blankets drawn right over his
head like a tent, a flashlight in one hand and a large leather-
bound book (A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot) propped
open against the pillow. (6) Harry moved the tip of his eagle-
feather quill down the page, frowning as he looked for
something that would help him write his essay, ‘Witch Burning in
the Fourteenth Century Was Completely Pointless — discuss.’
 Question
Answer the Question below

Question 1 Question 2 Question 3

Is this a simple, a compound, a Which of these options is a compound Is this a simple, a compound, a
complex, or a compound- sentence? complex, or a compound-complex
complex sentence? a. Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy sentence?
“Harry Potter was a in many ways For another, he really wanted
highly unusual boy in many b. For another, he really wanted to do his to do his homework but was forced
ways” homework but was forced to do it in to do it in secret, in the dead of
secret, in the dead of night. night.
a. simple sentence c. It was nearly midnight, and he was a. simple sentence
b. compound sentence lying on his stomach in bed, the blankets b. compound sentence
c. complex sentence drawn right over his head like a tent, a c. complex sentence
d. compound-complex flashlight in one hand and a large leather- d. compound-complex
sentence bound book sentence
d. Harry moved the tip of his eagle-
feather quill down the page, frowning as
he looked for something that would help
him write his essay
Listening Exercise
Write down your
Listen to the sentences in these songs and decided which
sentences is simple, compound or complex sentences. answer on your
Identify which one is the independent clause, dependent
clause and the conjunction
textbook
 Listening Exercise
Listen to these sentences carefully

Question 1

Question 5 Question 2

Question 4 Question 3
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2
sentences
nces
3 LISTENING EXERCISE
Coordinator
Subordinator
4
Conjunction
Conjunction We are going to discuss the answer for the listening exercis
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ser5 but
on when I’m Check for your answer

myself
 Listening Exercise
You are going watch some clips from certain movies.
Listen carefully to the dialogue
and answer the question below.
 Exercise 1
Harry Potter and the Philosopher Stone
(Write down 5 simple sentences you see from this video)
 Exercise 2
COCO
(Watch this clips carefully and answer the question below)
Which of these options is a complex sentence?
a. I got homesick... and I packed up my songs.

b. Hate me if you want, but my mind is made up.

c. If you must go, then I'm sending you off with a

toast. To our friendship.

d. You want to give up now when we're this close to

reaching our dream?

Question 2
 Exercise 3
Coraline
(Watch this clips carefully and answer the question below)
Which of these options is a compound sentence?
a. Black is traditional. But if you'd prefer pink or vermillion
or chartreuse... Though you might make me jealous.

b. We'll sing and play games, and Mother will cook your
favorite meals.

c. No way! You're not sewing buttons in my eyes!

d. You could stay here forever if you want to.

Question 3
Exercise 4 Question 4
The Cosby Show Is this a simple, a compound, a
(Write 4 compound sentences from this video). complex, or a compound-complex
sentence?
“Ah aah. The stork brings the
baby to the hospital and drops it in
the bassinet”.
 ANSWER
Question 2 Check for your answer
Exercise 1
Answer: C
Mostly everything in this video contain simple sentences:
If you must go,
- thenWake
I'm sending
up Potter, we’re going to a zoo! Question 3
you off with a- toast. To our
Here he comes, the birthday boy! Answer: B
friendship. -
Why don’t you just cook breakfast and try notsing
We'll to burn
and anything?
play games, and Mother
- I want everything to be perfect for my Dudley’s
will cookspecial day! meals.
your favorite
- 36, I counted them myself.
- Last year I had 37!
- But some of them are quite a bit bigger than last year...
- I’m warning you now boy. Any “funny” business… Any at all… And you
won’t have any mails for a week!
Question
Exercise 4 4
Answer: Simple Sentence.
Answer:
1. The Whenstorkthe
brings
woman thehas
baby tobaby
the the hospital
inside of her, then I go in and I take it out.
2. and drops
Well, theitstork
in theputs
bassinet
the baby inside of the mother… and then I go in and I take it
1 out.
subject and 2 predicate
3. You say that the stork carries over, puts the baby in the bassinet, and the mother is
real big because she eats a lot of food?
4. You’re welcome, but you still didn’t tell me what you do?
 Thank you
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Reference
Material
• https://www.wordsmile.com/pengertian-contoh-kalimat-simple-sentence

• https://www.wordsmile.com/pengertian-contoh-kalimat-complex-sentences

• https://www.wordsmile.com/pengertian-contoh-kalimat-compound-sentences

• https://www.wordsmile.com/pengertian-contoh-kalimat-dependent-clauses

• https://www.wordsmile.com/pengertian-contoh-kalimat-independent-clauses
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Listening
• I like me better by Lauv
• Words by Skylar Grey
• I'm so tirer by Lauv
• Wannabe by Spice Girls
• We are never getting back together by Taylor Swift

Movies
• Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
• Coraline (2009)
• Coco (2017)
• The Cosby Show (1984)