Universidad Católica Andrés Bello

Producción de textos en inglés

Profesora Rosa Youssif

Unidad I: Clasificación y
combinación de oraciones
Parte I.
 Tabla de contenidos

Tipos de oraciones
Oraciones simples
Coordinadores y subordinadores
Oraciones compuestas
 Simple sentences
A simple sentence contains a subject, a (main) verb and a complement. It
expresses a single complete thought that can stand on its own: an
independent clause.

Examples:
 That boy ate a pizza slice.

 Sarah's beautiful daughter drew and painted a landscape.

^ A simple sentence does not necessarily have to be short. It can have

adjectives. In this case, there are two verbs “drew” and "painted.”
However, the sentence expresses one complete thought and therefore is a
simple sentence.

 Lisa and Joseph ran a kilometer and felt tired.

^ Although there are two subjects and two verbs, it is still a simple
sentence because both verbs share the same subjects and express one
complete thought.
Coordinators and Subordinators
 Coordinating conjunctions connect two independent clauses, those
clauses that can stand alone and communicate one complete thought.

Some of them are: and, or, but, yet, so, for, nor.

They form compound sentences.

 Subordinating conjunctions link two clauses, one independent and

one dependent. A dependent clause doesn't make sense without an
indepdent clause.

Some of them are: although, after, unless, while, since, if, as, because,
when.

They form complex sentences.

 Compund sentences
• A compound sentence has two independent clauses. An independent
clause is a part of a sentence that can stand alone because it contains a
subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.

• Basically, a compound contains two simple sentences.

• These independent clauses are joined by a coordinating conjunction

(for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so, etc.).

Example:

Luke went to the bakery, and he saw an old friend.

^ Both sides of the coordinating conjunction “and” are complete sentences.

“Luke went to the bakery” can stand alone and so can “he saw an old
friend.” Therefore, this is a compound sentence.
 Compund sentences
More examples:

We wanted to talk to her, but she was talking on the phone.

He was very sad, yet he found the courage to keep going.

Maria went to the store this morning, and later she met with her friends.