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Simple sentence has one independent clause.

Here are two examples:

1) Gas prices are rising.
2) The economy is experiencing a recession.

In simple sentences, you have a subject that agrees with the verb or verbs in the sentence.

In each of these sentences, the subject is highlighted in yellow and the verb in blue.

As you can see, each sentence has just one subject and one verb.

Some simple sentences might also have a compound subject.

For instance, Gas and food are scarce these days during the recession.

‘Gas and food’ are two separate items but they form one subject.

The verb “to be” conjugated as “are” matches with both gas and food.

We can also have a compound predicate, which is just another way of saying two verbs that share the same subject.

For example:Electric cars are expensive and cost far more than conventional cars.

Both the verbs “are” and “cost” agree with the subject “electric cars”. This is still a simple sentence.

We must not confuse compound predicates with compound sentences.

In just a moment, we’ll see how a compound sentence has two independent clauses.

In this example, there is still only one independent clause, but there are two verbs.

Two verbs that share the same subject is a compound predicate.

As there is only one independent clause, this is still a simple sentence.

Simple sentences often add clarity to our writing because they don’t contain too many related ideas.

But to get a high score on the IELTS you have to use a variety of sentence structures.

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