A simple sentence has the most basic elements that make it a sentence: a subject, a verb, and a completed thought. Examples of simple sentences include the following: Joe waited for the train. The train was late.

Let’s take another look at some imperative sentences and consider their function:

• Preheat the oven.
• Use oil in the pan.
• Don’t eat all the cookies.
• Stop feeding the dog from the table.
• Come out with us tonight.
• Please join us for dinner.
• Choose the Irish wolfhound, not the German shepherd.

Here are some examples of exclamatory sentences:

• You were meant to be back yesterday!
• Jeepers! You scared the life out of me!
• We won!
• This puzzle is driving me up the wall!
• You’re adorable!
• It’s a boy!
• I’m really going to miss this place!

Examples of Complete Sentences

• I ate dinner.
• We had a three-course meal.
• Brad came to dinner with us.
• He loves fish tacos.
• In the end, we all felt like we ate too much.
• We all agreed; it was a magnificent evening.

The sentence which is used to convey a command, a request, or a forbiddance is called an imperative sentence. This type of sentence always takes the second person (you) for the subject but most of the time the subject remains hidden. Examples: Bring me a glass of water.

A compound sentence is made up of two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, or so) and a comma or by a semicolon alone. Example: The pirate captain lost her treasure map, but she still found the buried treasure.

Examples of some commonly used compounds and their molecular formula:

A simple sentence consists of only one clause. A compound sentence consists of two or more independent clauses. Sentence 1 is an example of a simple sentence. Sentence 2 is compound because “so” is considered a coordinating conjunction in English, and sentence 3 is complex.