SENTENCE

STRUCTURE
 Sentence Structure Types

Simple
Compound
Complex
Simple Sentence
 Simple sentences

ARE MADE OF ONE INDEPENDENT

CLAUSE AND THEREFORE FORM A
COMPLETE THOUGHT.
 An overview of informatics and development
Abstract
A revolution in information and communications technologies may be
offering an improved chance for the fulfillment of basic human needs. At the
same time, it is creating more complex and impactful systems, which are
likely to exacerbate problems and threaten to widen the gap between rich
and poor countries. Informatics is defined to include social impacts as well
as technical systems. Because of the broad impacts of informatics, social
orders are being profoundly changed. Societies wishing to be prepared will
need to increase their learning and planning capacities. Rather than
considering how to remain outside the informatics revolution, countries must
determine in which ways they wish to participate. There is a need for
countries to define their national informatics policies.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0736585387800308
Compound Sentence
 Compound Sentences

ARE MADE OF TWO INDEPENDENT CLAUSES JOINED IN

ONE OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS:

1.A COORDINATING CONJUNCTION WITH A COMMA

2.A SEMICOLON WITH A CONJUNCTIVE ADVERB

3.A SEMICOLON ONLY

 Compound Sentence
with a Coordinating Conjunction

Example with a Coordinating Conjunction

I like to dance, but Jim likes to sing.

Independent Independent
Clause Clause

Coordinating
Conjunction
 Compound Sentence
with a Conjunctive Adverb and Semicolon

Conjunctive adverbs are sometimes called

“floating” adverbs because they can be positioned
at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of a
clause.
Some common conjunctive adverbs:
 Moreover
 However
 Otherwise
 Therefore
 Conjunctive Adverb

Bob is handsome; moreover, he is rich.

Bob is handsome; he is, moreover, rich.

Bob is handsome; he is rich, moreover.

 Compound Sentence
with a Semicolon

“If the relation between the ideas expressed in the

main clauses is very close and obvious without a
conjunction, you can separate the clauses with a
semicolon.”
(Little, Brown Handbook, 9th Edition,
p. 361)

Example: Tom has benefited from exercising; he is

slim and energetic.
 Why Informatics Education
Informatics education is fundamental to modern education. Through
this discipline, the digital world is developed and that this must be
safe, secure and just. Currently many developments involving
Informatics are shaping medicine, education, transport, etc. and
pupils need to be attuned to that and to the tremendous opportunities
that exist; such potential will only increase in the future.
Techniques such as interaction, simulation and modeling, algorithm
development, visualization, communication, searching capabilities,
remote access to web sites, machine translation, machine learning
can be used to enhance learning across all disciplines leading to a
deeper understanding and appreciation of all disciplines.

https://www.informaticsforall.org/why-informatics-education/
Complex Sentence
 Complex Sentence

contain one independent and one subordinate

(dependent) clause
the subordinate clause begins with a

subordinate conjunction
the clauses can appear in any order
 Dependent Clauses in a complex sentence

There are three kinds of dependent (subordinate)

clauses:
1.Noun Clause
2.Adjective Clause (Relative Clause)
3.Adverbial Clause
Example of Noun clause in a complex sentence
Example of Adjective Clause in a complex sentence
Example of Adverbial clause in a Complex Sentence

*Note the comma

when the dependent
clause comes at the
beginning of a
sentence.
 The Discipline of Informatics

Note that in Europe we tend to use the term “Informatics”

to denote the subject known in the USA and elsewhere as
“Computer Science” (CS) or “Computing”.
Informatics is the science whose effect can be seen in two
ways. It has created the new digital world in which text,
images, movies and dynamic models of the real world can
be stored, retrieved and manipulated, alongside a virtual
world of games and simulation. It has been a major
accelerator and often a necessary tool in research and
development within all of the other sciences and
engineering and created new disciplines in collaboration
with them by developing new models of representing
domain specific data and novel ways of human
interaction with those models.
Label each sentence in the paragraph simple,
compound, or complex.

Our basketball team is really good this year ( ______ ). Our coach is great
because he has been coaching for years (___________). Robert takes a lot
of shots, but he misses some of them (___________). Johnny is fast since
he also runs track (___________). Owen is an excellent shooter
(___________). Mark makes a lot of assists (___________). The team
practices often, and we work hard every game (___________). Our team
will succeed because we believe in each other (___________). I love this
year’s team (___________). We are going to win every game, so we can be
league champions (___________).
 References

Writing Academic English, Second Edition, by Alice

Oshima and Ann Hogue. White Plains: Addison,
Wesley, Longman, 1999.
The Little, Brown Handbook, by H. Ramsey Fowler and
Jane E. Aaron, Pearson, 2004.
Skills for Effective Writing Level 3 Student's Book
Series: Skills for Effective Writing Excerpt; Cambridge