The sky was clear while the sun was setting.
The sky was clear, for the sun was setting.
The sky was clear, and the sun was setting.
None of the given options.
A grammatical unit made up of one or more words is known as a sentence. Sentences initialises with a capital letter and end with a full stop, a question mark or an exclamation point. Sentences can be organised in various ways. According to their clause structure, sentences can be divided into four different types.
- Simple sentence: – A simple sentence has a subject and only one verb. Example: The girl sprinted after the tiger.
- Compound sentence: – A compound sentence is framed when you join two main clauses with a connective. In a compound sentence the statements are connected by planning conjunctions/ connectives (and, but, so, or). Example: Zoe can be rude at times but she is a nice girl.
- Complex sentence: – A sentence which has one main clause and one or more dependent clauses is known as a complex sentence. Main clause gives complete meaning. Subordinate clauses or dependent clauses does not give complete meaning. It depends on the main clause for its meaning. Example: All the students laughed when the teacher cracked a joke. a) When the teacher cracked a joke – subordinate clause. b) All the students laughed – main clause.
- Compound Complex sentence: – A sentence which has two or more main clauses and one or more subordinate clauses is known as a compound complex sentence. Example: When Leo started dancing, the girls sang and the boys whistled. Main clause – The girls sang, The boys whistled. Subordinate clause – When Leo started dancing
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