types of sentences

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What is a complex sentence?

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A sentence that contains one independent clause and at least one subordinate clause.

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A compound-complex sentence

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contains two independent clauses and at least one subordinate clause.

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Identify the sentence type: Shawn wanted to ride his bike, and he didn't care that his mom told him he couldn't. Options: simple, complex, compound, compound-complex

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compound-complex

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Identify the sentence type: "I don't have time to pick you up; you're going to have to drive your own car to the game." Options: simple, complex, compound, compound-complex.

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compound

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What type of sentence is this? "Ever since I hit it with a football last week, the screen on my TV won't stop flickering."

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complex

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Jurassic Park is a great book.

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simple

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Identify the examples of subordinating conjunctions: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so; when, if, because, ever since, as

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when, if, because, ever since, as

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Does this sentence combine independent and subordinate/dependent clauses correctly?

When I get sick. My mom makes me chicken soup.

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No

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Does this sentence combine independent and subordinate/dependent clauses correctly?

As I was pulling out, someone backed into my car.

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Yes

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Does this sentence combine independent and subordinate/dependent clauses correctly? I ate a lot of ice cream, before I went on my diet.

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No