College-Career #6 - Creating Sentence Variety

It was a beautiful day, and I was ready for adventure.

• simple
• compound
• complex

She strapped on her skates, and she joined me.

• simple
• 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:
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 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:
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

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 is the purpose of coordinating conjunctions?

• Identifying location
• Connecting words, phrases, or clauses.
• Clarifying information
• Fixing fragment parts of a sentence

When I do my homework tonight

• Independent Clause
• Dependent Clause

I will finish my homework tonight 

• Independent clause
• Dependent clause