• Complex sentence:
- যে sentence এ একটি Principal clause এবং এক বা একাধিক Subordinate clause থাকে, তাকে Complex sentence বলে।
- Complex sentence এর subordinate clause এর শুরুতে সাধারণত if, though, although, as, because, since, so that, that, until, till, unless, when, why, who, which, where, how, before, after, whether, while বসে।
সুতরাং, নিয়মানুযায়ী - She was not so young as I expected - এই বাক্যটি হচ্ছে - Complex sentence.
- It consists of an independent clause, "She was not so clever," and a dependent clause, "as I expected," which functions as an adverbial clause modifying the independent clause.
• অন্য অপশন গুলো মধ্যে -
ক) He acted on my advice এবং খ) The circumstances were too complex for them to cope with. হচ্ছে simple sentence.
- A simple sentence consists of a single independent clause that expresses a complete thought.
- একটি simple sentence এ শুধুমাত্র একটি clause থাকে অর্থাৎ একটি subject এবং একটি finite verb থাকে।
ঘ) He wanted to succeed and so he worked hard - হচ্ছে compound sentence.
- Compound sentence এ দুই বা ততোধিক principal clause বা co-ordinate clause থাকে।
-এছাড়া Compound sentence এ সাধারণত and, or, but, yet, so, therefore, otherwise, else, both --- and , either --- or , neither — nor, not only --- but also ইত্যাদি coordinating conjunction দ্বারা দুইটি principal clause যুক্ত থাকে।