Wize Core English Textbook > English Writing Form & Structure

Overview of Sentences
Every sentence must have a subject and a verb. 
From there it can be expanded to ever more complicated contexts and concepts, but the core building block is a sentence.

Examples:

I run.
I run fast.
I run really fast.
I run really fast away from dogs.
I run really fast away from frightening dogs.
I run really fast away from frightening dogs and some cats.
You and I run really fast away from frightening dogs and some cats.
You and I run really fast away from frightening dogs and some cats, which is cowardly.
You and I run really fast away from frightening dogs and some cats, which is cowardly, because we should stand.
You and I run really fast away from frightening dogs and some cats, which is cowardly, because we should stand still.
You and I run really fast away from frightening dogs and some cats, which is cowardly, because we should stand still and be calm.
You and I run really fast away from frightening dogs and some cats, which is cowardly, because we should stand and be calm; then the animals will be calm. 

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Declarative Sentences
Declarative sentences are statements.

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Imperative Sentences
Imperative sentences are orders.

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Interrogative Sentences
Interrogative sentences are questions.

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Simple Sentences
Simple sentences have a subject and a verb and may also have an object.

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Complex Sentences
Complex sentences have more than one subordinate clause associated with its core subject-verb independent clause, linked by subordinating conjunctions.

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Compound Sentences
Compound sentences have more than one independent clause often joined by a coordinating conjunction.

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Complex-Compound Sentences
Complex-compound sentences have more than one independent clause and more than one subordinate clause.