Categorizing Types of Sentences

Front

What is needed for a simple sentence?

Back

1 independent clause (subject + main verb + object)

Front

A compound sentence contains more than one dependent clause.

Back

False

Front

A complex sentence can have only one clause, even with complex ideas.

Back

False

Front

Categorize: "I am a potato."

Back

Simple

Front

"Most think I am a boy, but I am a potato."

Back

Compound

Front

"Don't call me a boy."

Back

Imperative

Front

"Please call me 'Sir Tater'."

Back

Imperative

Front

"Whenever people call me a boy, I get really upset."

Back

Complex

Front

"Soon I will find my potato queen."

Back

Simple

Front

Where have all my potato friends gone?

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Interrogative