Sentence types

Minor Sentence Types 
(Examples taken from Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code).



Yes.
The others?
All three of them.
The truth.
my stomach.
"Pain is good monsieur."
An unbroken chain of knowledge.


Sentence type classified by structure


simple sentence ..............s        
I am still alive.

compound sentence.........cp   
The albino drew a pistol from his coat and aimed the barrel through the bars, directly at the curator's head.

complex sentence............cx
"I will tell you what you need to know"

compound-complex sentence ...........cpx

...the seventy-six-year-old man heaved the master piece toward himself until it tored from the wall and Saunier collapsed backwards in a heap beneath the canvas.

Sentence type classified by purpose

declarative......................d
Tonight the rightful guardians will be restored.

interrogative...................i
Is it a secret you will die for?

command .......................cm
Do not move.

exclamative.....................ex
It cannot be!

Simple sentence types

Copulative
 It was part of the protocol.

intransitive
 Saunier recoiled

transitive
 Almost cruelly, the bullet had missed his heart.

multitransitive


Connectors of compound sentences

and
but

Complex sentence types and connectors

Relative clauses.
that

which
who
whom

Time clauses and connectors

after
As
As soon as..
Before
Since
till
until
when
while
once
As long as
No sooner... than
whenever
Now that
gerund clause


Conditional sentences and connectors

Open or probable conditions
If I die, the truth will be lost forever.
(Tell me where it is hidden and you will live). 

Improbable conditions

Impossible conditions


If
If only
If + subject + should
(If omitted) had/should/were + subject + pp
In case
On condition that
Unless
Provided (that)
But for
So long as


Concession clauses and connectors

Though
Although
Even though
Even if
In spite of
Despite
Whatever
Much as

Adj/Adv + as/though + sentence

Whereas
While

Clauses of Reason and Cause and Connectors

because
for
since
gerund clause

Clauses of Result and connectors

so
so... (that)
Such a/an... (that)
As a result
Therefore,
then
thus

Purpose clauses and connectors


In order to
In order not to
So as to
So as not to
So that
In order that
In case
lest/that

for + ing-clause
for + Accusative + to-infinitive

Other clauses

Gerund clauses
Grabbing the guilded frame...
...barricading the entrance to the suite.
...turning his head slowly.
 Kneeling defenseless on the floor of the gallery.

pp clauses


phrasal/prepositional verbs

passive sentences
It was framed by a small circle of blood a few inches below his breastbone.

yes/no questions
wh- questions
subject questions