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SIMPLE
COMPOUND
COMPLEX
100
A simple sentence is also known as an _____________ clause.
What is "INDEPENDENT"?
100
Compound sentences contain two independent clauses joined by a _____________ conjunction.
What is "COORDINATING"?
200
Every simple sentence must have two main ingredients, a _____________ and a _____________.
What is a "SUBJECT" and a "PREDICATE"?
200
T/F Compound sentences always contain a comma before the coordinating conjunction.
What is "TRUE"?
300
T/F Simple sentences do not contain commas.
What is "FALSE"? (A simple sentence might contain commas in the case of listing, for example).
300
If you don't want to use a coordinating conjunction, you can combine two independent clauses with a ____________.
What is a "SEMI-COLON"?
300
T/F The following is a complex sentence: We went shopping because we were out of bread.
What is "TRUE"? ("We went shopping" is an independent clause, and "because we were out of bread" is a dependent clause)
400
T/F The following is a simple sentence: John mowed the lawn while we drank lemonade.
What is "FALSE"? This is a complex sentence because "while we drank lemonade" is a dependent clause.
400
T/F The following is a compound sentence: Jill was running late to school, but she still stopped at Starbucks for a latte.
What is "TRUE"?
400
T/F The following is a complex sentence: We were out of bread, so we decided to go shopping.
What is "FALSE"? ("So" is a coordinating conjunction -- one of the FANBOYS -- which signals an independent clause)
500
T/F The following is a simple sentence: George and Suzanne went shopping, bowling and to the movies after lunch.
What is "FALSE"? (Although there is a comma and the conjunctions "and" and "after," there is only one independent clause in this sentence.)
500
T/F The following is a compound sentence: Because school is out early on Tuesdays, we often go skating.
What is "FALSE"? (This is an example of a complex sentence because "Because school is out early on Tuesdays" is a dependent clause.)
500
Locate the dependent clauses in the following sentence: After school was out, we went to the store because we were needing snacks since we were planning to watch a party.
What are: "AFTER SCHOOL WAS OUT," "BECAUSE WE WERE NEEDING SNACKS," and "SINCE WE WERE PLANNING TO WATCH A PARTY." (Only "After school was out" is independent)