WHAT TYPE OF SENTENCE?
SIMPLE SENTENCE
COMPLEX SENTENCE
COMPOUND SENTENCE
Random
100
I love going to the movies.
Simple Sentence
100
This a simple sentence: The cat and the dog ran and rolled around in the yard.
(TRUE OR FALSE)
TRUE
100
A compound sentence has an _________ clause and a ______ clause.
INDEPENDENT and DEPENDENT
100
A compound sentence contains 2 (or more) ___________ clauses.
Independent
100
What is the largest ocean in the world?
The Pacific Ocean.
200
While I was shopping, my mom kept nagging me.
Complex Sentence
200
This is a simple sentence: Mom and Dad went home while I stayed at the mall.
(TRUE OR FALSE)
FALSE - COMPLEX SENTENCE
200
What is the independent clause in this sentence?
The game will be delayed unless it stops raining.
The game will be delayed
200
This is a compound sentence: Jody and Steve ate ice cream.
(TRUE OR FALSE)
FALSE - It's a simple sentence
200
What fruit is famously used to make guacamole?
Avacado
300
We went to the swimming pool and slid down the slides.
Simple Sentence
300
Make a simple sentence!
Answers vary.
300
What is the dependent clause in the sentence?
While we are learning to jump rope, they are learning to juggle.
While we are learning to jump rope
300
This is a compound sentence: Rugby is popular in Australia, so I played on a team there.
(TRUE OR FALSE)
TRUE
300
What planet is known as The Red Planet
Mars
400
The movie was so scary, but I cried the whole time.
Compound Sentence
400
Which is a simple sentence?:
A) The dog ran to the store.B) After I ate the huge meal, I could not move for hours.
C) At the store, I bought a candy, and my sister got a soda.
A) The dog ran to the store.
400
Both an independent clause and a dependent clause always contain two things. What are they?
a subject and a verb
400
Multiple choice: Kurt Cobain sang a song last night on tv, ______ I didn't get to watch it.
A) and
B) or
C) but
but
400
Who wrote the play "Romeo and Juliet"
A) Dolph Lundgren
B) W.E.B. Du Bois
C) William Shakespeare
C) William Shakespeare
500
Do a little dance.
Did you dance?
500
This is a simple sentence: I ate bread while I was walking to the store.
(TRUE OR FALSE)
False.
Complex
500
List 3 time subordinators.
After, Before, As soon as, Since, Until, When, Whenever, While, As.
500
List 3 coordinating conjunctions.
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
500
What is the national animal of Scotland?
A) Puffin
B) Red Deer
C) Unicorn
D) Scottish Deerhound
C) Unicorn
