It is a combination of words that expresses a complete idea or thought, that is, it has a meaning; it is characterized by having syntactic autonomy, which means that it does not need any other structure and there is no other unit that surpasses it in rank. It should be noted that it can be distinguished stylistically starting with a capital letter and ending with a period.
With respect to the intention of the speaker, simple sentences are divided into enunciative, interrogative, exclamatory, imperative, wishful thinking and doubtful.
According to the nature of the predicate, simple sentences are classified into predicative or attributive sentences. On the other hand, simple sentences can be presented as active or passive (active sentences are those in which the subject performs the action and in the passive the subject does not perform the action but receives it).
Simple sentences can be classified according to their meaning (there are simple, declarative, imperative, interrogative, doubtful and wishful sentences) or according to the type of predicate (simple attributive sentence or simple predicative sentence).
This type of sentence assumes the simplest structure among all the sentences, since they do not belong to any main grammatical unit. This means that, thanks to their simplicity, they are the most used sentences in childhood and those in the process of learning a language.
In relation to syntax, the simple sentence is an independent structure, that is, it is not part of a larger structure, as is the case with compound sentences. Therefore, in the sentence “I wonder if the woman spoke sincerely” we are dealing with a compound sentence, made up of a main structure (I wonder) and a subordinate structure (she spoke sincerely).
Examples of simple sentences:
- The plane will land soon.
- Maria combs her hair early.
- The notebook is written.
- My grandmother cooks a very tasty mole.
- My computer is very slow
- The lens is dirty
- Whiskey is very expensive.
- Luis and María are policemen. (compound subject)
- The glue dried quickly.
- My watch is broken
- The merchant sells very expensive.
- My sister cut flowers for my mom.
- The clock marks the time
- The thief entered the room.
- Federico works on Saturdays.
- Javier bought the tortillas for lunch.
- They brought sweets.
