Sentence Variety

Sentence Variety Practices

Simple, Compound, Complex Sentences

COMPOUND SENTENCES

COMPLEX SENTENCES

Multiple Choice

Is the following sentence a Simple sentence or a Compound sentence?

Mrs. Musto and Mrs. Gambler ate an entire pizza during lunch.

• simple

• compound

Multiple Choice

Is the following sentence a Simple Sentence or Compound Sentence?

I decided I really wanted to eat a pumpkin muffin, so I drove to the store to buy one.

• COMPOUND

• SIMPLE

Multiple Choice

Which "FANBOYS" works better in the blank.

Major loves to chase the squirrels around the yard, _____ he doesn't realize that he will never catch them.

• but

• yet

Multiple Select

True or False?

The following sentence is a Simple Sentence.

Kelsey and Emily are excited to see the episode of The Walking Dead.

True or false?

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes a complex sentence?

• A sentence with two independent clauses

• A sentence with two independent and one dependent clause

• A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause

• None of the answers are correct

Multiple Choice

Identify the sentence below.

My mother cooked dinner while I was doing my homework.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

Multiple Choice

Identify the sentence below.

While I was doing my homework, my father cooked the dinner and my mother was asleep in front of the television.

• simple

• compound

• Complex compound

• complex

Multiple Choice

Identify the sentence below

I've brought my umbrella with me in case it rains.

• simple

• complex

• compound

Multiple Choice

Which "FANBOYS" works better in the blank.

She runs every day, ______she is very fit.

• so

• yet

Multiple Choice

Identify the sentence below.

You should read every day if you want to improve your English more quickly.

• simple

• complex

• compound