3-1 Reviewing The Four Types of Sentences

As you learned in English 125, there are four types of sentences in English. Before you look at those types, take some time to review your understanding of clauses.

All sentences are made up of clauses. Simply put, a clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb. There are two types of clauses that you need to understand.

Also known as main clauses, these clauses have a subject and a verb and make up a complete thought. You don’t need any extra information for them to make sense. They are complete sentences by themselves.