In an effort to help you vary your sentences even more, you will need to know what different types of sentences there are.
Your job: Look carefully over the various types of sentences below.
--- Simple Sentence: A simple sentence contains one independent clause (single subject & verb).
Example: The cell phone rang right before class.
--- Compound Sentence: Contains two complete sentences (independent clauses) joined by a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).
Example: The cell phone rang right before class, so the student quickly turned off her phone's ringer.
--- Complex Sentence: Contains an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses.
Example: To avoid an interruption during class, the student turned off her phone's ringer.
--- Compound-Complex Sentence: Contains a combination of a compound sentence and a complex sentence.
Example: In order to keep her attention focused on class activities, the student turned off her phone's ringer, and she put her ear buds in her backpack.
