What type of sentence is the following - simple or compound?
The South American condor is smaller but much heavier than the California condor.
Simple Compound Sentences
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English
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7th Grade
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Hard
Sarah Williams
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of sentence is the following - simple or compound?
The South American condor is smaller but much heavier than the California condor.
Simple sentence
Compound sentence
Answer explanation
The sentence 'The South American condor is smaller but much heavier than the California condor' is a simple sentence because it contains one independent clause with a compound predicate, not multiple independent clauses.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of sentence is the following - simple or compound?
Simple Sentence
Compound Sentence
Answer explanation
The sentence is a compound sentence because it contains two independent clauses: "My mom told me to clean my room" and "I won't be able to go to the movies with my friends this weekend," joined by a comma and the conjunction "or."
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of sentence is the following - simple or compound?
We sat directly behind home plate, wearing our new jerseys and enjoying the best nachos ever.
simple
compound
Answer explanation
The sentence 'We sat directly behind home plate, wearing our new jerseys and enjoying the best nachos ever.' is a simple sentence because it contains one independent clause with no coordinating conjunctions connecting multiple clauses.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of sentence is the following - simple or compound?
Simple sentence
Compound sentence
Answer explanation
The sentence 'Billie Jean King holds four U.S. tennis championship titles and won at Wimbledon six times' is a simple sentence because it contains one independent clause with a compound predicate, not multiple independent clauses.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of sentence is the following - simple or compound?
Simple sentence
Compound sentence
Answer explanation
The sentence is a compound sentence because it contains two independent clauses joined by a semicolon and the conjunctive adverb 'however'. Each clause can stand alone, which is characteristic of compound sentences.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of sentence is the following - simple or compound?
The Congo River begins in Zaire, flows 2,718 miles, and empties into the Atlantic Ocean.
Simple sentence
Compound sentence
Answer explanation
The sentence 'The Congo River begins in Zaire, flows 2,718 miles, and empties into the Atlantic Ocean' is a simple sentence because it contains one independent clause with multiple verbs, not multiple independent clauses.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of sentence is the following - simple or compound?
simple sentence
compound sentence
Answer explanation
The sentence 'In the final seconds of the game, Josh ran down the field, into the endzone, and scored a touchdown.' is a simple sentence because it contains one independent clause with a subject and a predicate, without any coordinating conjunctions.
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