Sentence variety

Sentence variety

By Tania Ceja

Multiple Choice

Life is short, but art is long.

• simple

• compound

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The house was empty; everyone had gone.

• simple

• compound

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Life is short and beautiful.

• simple

• compound

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Clocks go forward in the Spring.

• simple

• compound

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They left early, so they arrived first.

• simple

• compound

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Kerry called the fi re department, and they arrived very quickly.

• compound

• complex

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After he got home, my father read us a story.

• compound

• complex

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The campers stayed in the tent while the cold rain fell.

• compound

• complex

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The forest was dark and gloomy, yet the children ran into it fearlessly.

• compound

• complex

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When the pitcher dropped the ball, the baseball player ran to second base.

• compound

• complex

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Professor Maple’s students completed and turned in their homework.

• simple

• compound

• complex

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While waiting for the paint to dry, Angela went to Home Depot.

• simple

• compound

• complex

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Robert takes a lot of shots, but he misses some of them.

• simple

• compound

• complex

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Our basketball team is really good this year.

• simple

• compound

• complex

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Steven is on vacation, so I'm house sitting.

• simple

• compound

• complex