1. Sentence Structure University of the Sacred Heart Department of Humanities Center for Language Development Across the Disciplines LAD
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4. Simple Sentence We went to San Juan yesterday. Observe how a simple sentence is constructed:
5. Simple Sentence We went to San Juan . Pronoun Verb Simple subject Complete predicate Prepositional phrase
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14. Compound-Complex Sentence Since we wanted to have fun, my boyfriend and I went to San Juan yesterday, and we danced all night.
15. Since we wanted to have fun , my boyfriend and I went to San Juan, and we danced all night . Subject Predicate Subordinating Conjunction Coordinating Conjunction Part that cannot stand alone Compound-Complex Sentence
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17. Thank You Center for Language Development Across the Disciplines Prepared by: Thalia N. Nazario-Santiago Coordinator for the Center for Languages and Cultures April-June 2003 Revised by: Patricia Kidd August 2004 Revised by: Prof. Delia Serrano January 2005