Sentence Types 10th

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Two independent clauses joined by COMMA FANBOYS or SEMICOLON.

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compound

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ONE independent clause and one (or more!) dependent clauses. These dependent clauses could be noun clauses, adjective clauses, or adverb clauses.

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complex

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TWO independent clause and one (or more!) dependent clauses. The independent clauses will be joined by COMMA FANBOYS (or semicolon).

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compound-complex

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No matter how many verbs (she ran and talked and smiled) or how many modifiers and prepositional phrases, there is nowhere you can "cut" this sentence to make 2 clauses.

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simple

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After the team ran up the stairs at Red Rocks, Eva puked, and Mia collapsed.

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Compound-Complex

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Santiago slept; the boy went to get the old man food.

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Compound

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Melanie heard the alarm clock, and her phone began to play an alert that could wake the dead. Classify the sentence as Simple, Compound, Complex, or Compound-Complex.

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Compound-Complex

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Classify the sentence: Riley soaks until her skin wrinkles. Options: Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound-Complex

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Complex

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She looked for the dictionary under her bed but found it on the hamper.

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Simple

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The horses who enter the Kentucky Derby are all three years old.

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Complex