Types of Sentences

Find all the independent clauses.

• The pink polka-dotted giraffe was my favorite stuffed animal.

• A hippo was splashing water all over the people watching him.

• the purple grape

• sitting on my chair

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

The following sentence is an example of what type of sentence structure: Stranger Things is my favorite TV show.

• Simple sentence

• Compound sentence

• Complex sentence

Find all the dependent clauses.

• The orange creamsicle was melting in the sun.

• My favorite type of pizza is pepperoni,

• because the sun was hidden

• since we won our first baseball game

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

The following sentence is an example of what type of sentence structure:

After school is over, I will watch the seventh grade football game.

• Simple sentence

• Compound sentence

• Complex sentence

A compound sentence contains:

• Two independent clauses plus a coordinating conjunction and a comma.

• Two independent clauses plus a semicolon.

• An independent clause and a dependent clause with a subordinating conjunction and a comma.

A complex sentence contains:

• Two independent clauses plus a coordinating conjunction and a comma.

• A subordinating conjunction, dependent clause, comma, and independent clause

• An independent clause, a subordinating conjunction, and a dependent clause

A compound sentence uses:

• Coordinating conjunctions

• Subordinating conjunctions

• Both

• Neither

The following sentence is an example of what type of sentence structure:

Mrs. Paine likes to throw the “Whoa,” but she cannot do the “Milly Rock.”

• Simple sentence

• Compound sentence

• Complex sentence

I will be watering all the flowers, bushes, and trees.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1B

The tan and white dog was happy and glad he had a good home.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1B