A sentence with one independent clause and no subordinate clauses.
What is a simple sentence?
100
After school was finished for the year, we drove across the country to see the West.
What is "after school was finished for the year"
100
After school was finished for the year, we drove across the country to see the West.
What is "we drove across the country to see the West"?
100
Are you going to the basketball game this weekend?
What is a simple sentence?
100
The bench which stood in the hall tripped every visitor.
What is a complex sentence?
200
A sentence with one independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses.
What is a complex sentence?
200
The girl who won the MVP award is going to Penn State on a volleyball scholarship.
What is "who won the MVP award"?
200
The girl who won the MVP award is going to Penn State on a volleyball scholarship.
What is "the girl is going to Penn State on a volleyball scholarship"?
200
After you mow the lawn, we can go to the beach.
What is a complex sentence?
200
During the baseball game Jack and Brandi ate three hotdogs and then they got sick.
What is a compound sentence?
300
A clause with a subject and a verb that stands alone as a complete thought.
What is an independent clause?
300
The students rushed the football field before they realized there were still two seconds on the clock.
What is "before they realized"?
300
The students rushed the football field before they realized there were still two seconds on the clock.
What is "the students rushed the football field", and "there were still two seconds on the clock"?
300
Max and Mia went running in the morning, swimming in the afternoon, and biking in the evening.
What is a simple sentence?
300
After he downloaded the latest Jay-Z album, Dirk listened to it for six hours.
What is a complex sentence?
400
A sentence with two or more independent clauses and no subordinate clauses.
What is a compound sentence?
400
When my grandpa came to visit, he took us out for dinner every night.
What is "when my grandpa came to visit"?
400
When my grandpa came to visit, he took us out for dinner every night.
What is "he took us out for dinner every night"?
400
Brad could not remember his grandpa's face, for he had died when Brad was just a baby.
What is a compound sentence?
400
After he went skiing all day, Jeff put his boots and ski pants in the dryer because they were caked with snow, and he wanted them dry for the next day's trip to the slopes.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
500
A sentence with two or more independent clauses and one or more subordinate clauses.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
500
While Mr. Smith helped the students who were behind in math, Mrs. Walker helped the students who were behind in science.
What is "while Mr. Smith helped the students, "who were behind in math", and "who were behind in science"?
500
While Mr. Smith helped the students who were behind in math, Mrs. Walker helped the students who were behind in science.
What is "Mrs. Walker helped the students"?
500
Madison and Mikayla rode bikes to the beach and had a picnic.