Preparing for Expository Essay Writing

What type of sentence is this:
To make them more palatable, most were covered with a hard candy shell.
From "Candy Conquered America"

• Simple
• Compound
• Complex
• Compound-Complex

Identify the subordinating conjunction in the following sentence:
He was honing his three-point shot when his friends were still learning to tie their Air Jordans.
From "Travel Team Heartbreak"

• He was
• three-point shot
• when
• still learning

What type of sentence is this:
It seemed that because he was not on a team, he was missing out on precious life experiences, and he certainly was.
From "Travel Team Heartbreak"

• Simple
• Compound
• Complex
• Compound-Complex

What is the best way to punctuate the following sentence: 
On Kalpona's first day no one bothered to ask her how old she was or told her how much she would be paid.
from "Why Are Your Clothes So Cheap?"

• On Kalpona's first day no one, bothered to ask her how old she was or told her how much she would be paid.
• On Kalpona's first day; no one bothered to ask her how old she was or told her how much she would be paid.
• On Kalpona's first day, no one bothered to ask her how old she was, or told her how much she would be paid.
• On Kalpona's first day, no one bothered to ask her how old she was or told her how much she would be paid.

What type of sentence is this:
The Taliban are not part of Pakistan's government, but their forces are powerful.
From "Malala the Powerful"

• Simple
• Compound
• Complex
• Compound-Complex

What is the best way to punctuate the following sentences:
The blog was an instant hit soon people all over the world were reading it.
From Malala the Powerful

• The blog was an instant hit, soon, people all over the world were reading it.
• The blog was an instant hit; soon, people all over the world were reading it.
• The blog was an instant hit; soon people all over the world were reading it.
• The blog was an instant hit soon, people all over the world were reading it.

What type of sentence is this:
Candymakers have continued to dream up new kinds of candies to surprise and delight us.
From "How Candy Conquered America"

• Simple
• Compound
• Complex
• Compound-Complex

Identify the correct prepositional phrase:
The roots of today's sugar crisis go back to around 1980, when some experts decided that the major threat to our health was not sugar but fat.  
From This Cupcake Is Trying to Hurt You

• of today's sugar crisis
• go back
• 1980
• the major threat

Identify the correct prepositional phrase:
Most of these drinks contain more sugar than you should get in an entire day.
From This Cupcake is Trying to Hurt You

• Most
• drinks contain more
• more sugar than
• in an entire day

Identify the dependent clause (or fragment) part of the following sentence:
When asked on a Pakistani talk show about the dangers of speaking out, she eerily described how the Taliban might come for her one day.
From Malala the Powerful

• When asked on a Pakistani talk show about the dangers of speaking out,
• she eerily described how the Taliban might come for her one day.