Sentences Structures Practice

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

Find all the clauses

• because I injured my foot

• since school was over

• the angry leopard

• swinging in the tree

Identify all the phrases

• The magnificent lion

• walked to school

• if I get an A on the quiz

• because I was so tired

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

Because there was a snow day, the basketball game was rescheduled for Friday.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

Jennifer liked William's friend, and she also liked his cousin.

• compound
• complex
  complex
• simple

The big brown dog ran after the blue and red ball.

• compound
• complex
• simple

I really wanted to do well on the quiz because I wanted an A in the class, and I got a B last quarter.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

We have to go to bed when the clock chimes 10:00.

• compound
• complex
• simple

Although the sea turtle was tired, she walked to the shore of the Atlantic Ocean.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex