11.16 | Compound VS Complex Sentences

Multiple Choice

Whenever we go on a long drive, I get to pick the music.

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

Multiple Choice

I would like to take P.E. now, but they gave me health first.

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

Multiple Choice

All the students log in on time, so they get to have an extra break.

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

Multiple Choice

If we don't leave now, we will be late for the movie.

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

Multiple Choice

My favorite food is pizza because you can put whatever you want on top.

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

Multiple Choice

Even though I did not believe these accusations I did not want to be seen with her.

STAAR : Which of the following is the BEST way to write the underlined portion of the sentence?

• these accusations I did

• these accusations, and I did

• these accusations yet I did

• these accusations, I did

Multiple Choice

She was at least fifty years old but she dressed stylishly and wore makeup, so she looked closer to thirty.

STAAR : Which of the following is the BEST way to write the underlined portion of the sentence?

• at least fifty years old but she dressed

• at least fifty years old, but she dressed

• at least fifty years old but she, dressed

• at least fifty years old, although she dressed

Multiple Choice

Another student said his teacher had deliberately ruined his students’ eyesight by making them read a lot so they could not join the Liberation Army.

STAAR : Which of the following is the BEST way to write the underlined portion of the sentence?

• making them read a lot so they could

• making them read a lot so, they could

• making them read a lot, so they could

• making them read, a lot so they could