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Simple, Compound, or Complex?

  •  English    16     Public
    These questions review simple, compound, and complex sentences with student, including the comma rules.
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  • Simple, Compound, or Complex? You live in London, and you are looking for work.
    compound
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  • Simple, Compound, or Complex? You're young and strong, but you don't have much experience.
    compound
  •  10
  • Simple, Compound, or Complex? You like to work outdoors.
    simple
  •  10
  • Simple, Compound, or Complex? Shackleton had been to Antarctica twice and explored its interior.
    simple
  •  10
  • Simple, Compound, or Complex? As you read about the adventure, you will find passages from a journal that Shackleton kept.
    complex
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  • Simple, Compound, or Complex? After they prepared, Shackleton's crew sailed from England.
    complex
  •  10
  • Where does the comma go? Since it was raining all the students got soaked.
    Since it was raining, all the students got soaked.
  •  10
  • Where does the comma go? If I don't eat lunch I get hangry.
    If I don't eat lunch, I get hangry.
  •  10
  • Where does the comma go? Ray is part beagle but her nose is pointed like a dachshund's.
    Ray is part beagle, but her nose is pointed like a dachshund's.
  •  10
  • Where does the comma go? I read a lot of fiction so I struggle with nonfiction.
    I read a lot of fiction, so I struggle with nonfiction.
  •  10
  • What type of sentence, and how do you know? When I started coughing, my classmates backed away.
    complex; it starts with an AAAWWUBBIS dependent clause, and that's followed by an independent clause
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  • What type of sentence, and how do you know? Before I go to sleep at night, I turn on my sound machine.
    complex; it starts with an AAAWWUBBIS dependent clause, and that's followed by an independent clause
  •  15
  • What type of sentence, and how do you know? If I don't make honor roll, my mom will take my phone away.
    complex; it starts with an AAAWWUBBIS dependent clause, and that's followed by an independent clause
  •  15
  • What type of sentence, and how do you know? I aced my test, and that helped my overall average.
    compound; it's two sentences squished together with a comma and FANBOYS in between
  •  15
  • What type of sentence, and how do you know? I don't love tomato sauce, but I eat pizza all the time.
    compound; it's two sentences squished together with a comma and FANBOYS in between
  •  15
  • What type of sentence, and how do you know? I don't like cold weather, so I'm similar to Sam McGee.
    compound; it's two sentences squished together with a comma and FANBOYS in between
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