Editing: Complex and Compound-Complex

Idenitfy the following example's sentence type: "The sun was shining, and the birds were chirping in the trees."

• Simple
• Compound
• Complex

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Idenitfy the following example's sentence type: "I enjoy going for a walk in the park."

• Simple
• Compound
• Complex

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

Idenitfy the following example's sentence type: "Although I was tired, I decided to go to the gym."

• Simple
• Compound
• Complex

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

Idenitfy the following example's sentence type: "When she arrived at the party, she saw her friends and got excited."

• Simple
• Compound
• Complex

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?

• Sarah is an excellent student, she always does her homework on time.
• Before he left for work, he made breakfast for his family.
• I went to the store and I bought some apples and oranges.
• The dog barked, because he was happy.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?

• The dog barked at the mailman, but it didn't bite him because he was too far away.

• I enjoy reading books, and watching movies.

• After I finished my homework I went to bed.

• The flowers in the garden, were blooming beautifully.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Choose the sentence that is correctly punctuated:

• When he arrived at the party, he saw his friends but, they were leaving.

• I woke up early I decided to go for a run.

• She went to the grocery store, and bought eggs, milk, and bread.

• After we finished our dinner, we went to the movies.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

What change should be made to the following sentence: Although it was raining, I decided to go for a run so I grabbed an umbrella.

• Remove the comma after raining
• Add a comma before so
• Add a comma after so
• No change is needed.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What change should be made to the following sentence: Even though I like to eat vegetables I don't like broccoli.

• Add a semi-colon after "vegetables."

• Add a comma after "though."

• Add a comma after "vegetables."

• No change is needed.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Rewrite the following sentence with correct punctuation:

"After the storm passed the sun came out and the sky was clear."

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A