Resource: Sentence

This page contains resources on writing sentences. (Note: The page will be updated as more resources on sentences are added to the site.)

Sentence is the building block of any kind of writing. Mastering variety of sentences is arguably the firmest step you can take to improve your writing. Let’s first take the building blocks of any sentence: Subject, Verb, Object, Complement, and Adverbial (SVOCA).

Subject, Verb, Object, Complement, and Adverbial (SVOCA)

Subject and verb must agree in number. Here are few rules in this regard:

• 16 Subject-Verb Agreement Rules with Examples

After SVOCA, let’s get into sentences.

Types of sentences on the basis of structure

There are four types of sentences on the basis of their structure (number of dependent and independent clauses): simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex.

Simple sentence:

• What is a Simple Sentence and How to Write Long Ones?
• Examples of Simple Sentence [Short and Long]

Compound sentence:

• What is a Compound Sentence and How to Write One?
• Examples of Compound Sentence in Multiple Variations
• Is This a Simple or Compound Sentence?

Complex sentence:

• What is a Complex Sentence and How to Write One?
• Examples of Complex Sentence in Multiple Variations
• Compound vs. Complex Sentence [3 Differences]

Compound-complex sentence:

• What is Compound-complex Sentence and How to Write One?
• Examples of Compound-complex Sentence in Multiple Variations

Exercises on sentence

Take exercises on sentence:

• Exercises on Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-complex Sentences