Sentence+types

The majority of the links on this page were developed by [|Richard Nordquist].

Here are four basic sentence structures:
 * the [|simple sentence]
 * the [|compound sentence]
 * the [|complex sentence]
 * the [|compound-complex sentence].
 * Here's an exercise in [|identifying sentences by structure]
 * How [|did you do]?

And here are four sentence types organized by function:
 * the [|declarative] sentence (making a statement)
 * the [|interrogative] sentence (asking a question)
 * the [|imperative] sentence (expressing a request or command)
 * the [|exclamatory] sentence (expressing strong feelings)
 * Here's an exercise in [|identifying sentences by function]
 * [|How'd you do] this time?


 * [|Periodic sentence]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Loose sentence]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Loose and periodic sentence exercises]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Balanced sentence]


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Parallelism] (or Parallel Structure)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Parallelism exercises]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">How did you do [|with these]?