Types of Sentences

The dog ran across the street.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

I went to the store for milk, but I only bought bread.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

Will you please go to the park with me?

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

Because I am too short, I cannot reach the top shelf.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

This is the house where my mother lived growing up.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

Identify the dependent clause in the following sentence.

You will get a speeding ticket if you are not obeying the law.

• You will get a speeding ticket

• You will

• if you are not obeying the law

 

Identify the independent clause in the following sentence.

Mom had to stop for gas because the car was on empty.

• Mom had to stop for gas

• Because the car was on empty

• had to stop

Identify the subordinating conjunction in the following sentence:

If you want to go to the party, you have to clean your room.

• If

• you

• have to

Which of the following is punctuated correctly?

• Although I washed the car it still looks dirty.

• The car looks dirty, I washed it.

• Although I washed the car, it still looks dirty.

What is the comma rule for complex sentences?

• If the dependent clause comes first, then a comma is needed at the end of the dependent clause.

• There is never a comma needed at anytime in a complex sentence

• If the independent clause comes first, then a comma is needed at the end of the independent clause.