Sentence Structure ESL

Which is the best example of a COMPLEX sentence?

• Learning to speak more than one language fluently is essential to survive in the globalized world.

• Although English is one of the most popular languages in the world.

• Everyone wants to learn English, but few people take the time to improve daily.

• Although everyone wants to learn English, few people take the time to improve daily.

Which sentence contains a comma splice?

• He enjoys eating healthy spaghetti made out of quinoa and flaxseed.

• The family is focused on clean, healthy food.

• They all prefer to eat at home, restaurants can be unhealthy.

• Restaurants are known to add extra butter, salt, and chemicals to their food.

Which statement is FALSE?

• Simple sentences can have commas and conjunctions.

• Complex sentences have two independent clauses.

• Compound sentences often contain a comma.

• Simple and compound sentences only contain independent clauses.

Which statement is TRUE?

• Your essays should have a variety of simple, compound, and complex sentences.

• Your essays should have more complex sentences.

• Your essays should have more compound sentences.

• Your essays should have mostly simple sentences.

What should EVERY independent clause contain?

• A subject, a verb, and an object.

• A subject and a verb.

• A subject, a verb, and an adjective or adverb.

• A subject and two verbs.

True or False? Incorrectly integrated quotations may affect sentence structure.

• True

• False

True or False? A comma splice is when two independent clauses are separated by a comma.

• True

• False

What is TRUE about compound-complex sentences?

• A compound-complex sentence is basically a compound sentence combined with a complex one.

• A compound-complex sentence can have more than one dependent clause.

• A compound-complex sentence has two or more independent clause(s) and at least one dependent clause.

• All of the above.

True or False? It is possible for students who write correct but simplistic sentences to pass their exams.

• True

• False

If I don't read carefully, I often make mistakes on my work.

• simple sentence

• complex sentence

• compound sentence

• compound complex sentence