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Simple, compound, and complex sentences

See how sentences can be short and simple, joined with a connector, or linked with a reason or time clue.

വിഭാഗം: Grammar in Use 9 min Confident
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Start with simple sentences. Then join two ideas with and, but, because, or when.

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Open one card at a time, read the text together, and use the audio button when hearing the line once helps.

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The dog barks. (simple)

simple sentence

One complete idea.

Example: This is a simple sentence.

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The dog barks and the cat hides. (compound)

compound sentence

Two ideas joined by 'and'.

Example: Two ideas connected with a connector.

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The dog barks because someone knocked. (complex)

complex sentence

One idea explains the other.

Example: Because shows the reason.

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When it rains, we stay inside. (complex)

complex sentence

When gives a time condition.

Example: When tells us the condition.

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Try building: She read ___ she was tired.

practice

Which connector fits?

Example: She read because she was tired.

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Synonyms and antonyms

Learn that some words mean the same thing (synonyms) and some mean the opposite (antonyms).