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Simple, Compound, or Complex?

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English

6th - 8th Grade

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Simple, Compound, or Complex?
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A simple sentence consists of:

a single independent clause-subject &verb
a single independent clause- a subject
a single independent clause-verb
a single independent clause- named Santa

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A compound sentence has:

two or more subjects & no verbs
two or more verbs & no subjects
two or more dependent clauses (subject and verb but is not a complete thought)
two or more independent clauses- subject verb &subject verb (linked by a conjunction)

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A complex sentence consists of: one independent clause (subject and verb that can stand alone) AND 

one or more dependent clauses (subject and verb that does not express a complete thought)
another independent clause (subject and verb that can stand alone)

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of sentence is this?
He has the oddest ideas sometimes, but he seems all the while to be growing stronger and more hearty.

simple
compound
complex

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of sentence is this?
Tonight, if you have aught to teach me, let me profit by it.

simple 
compound
complex

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of sentence is this?
The lights shift color again, the scrim flies away, and we are in the interior of the Cratchit home.

simple
compound
complex

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of sentence is this?
My cousin Tyrone and I are close friends.

simple
compound
complex

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

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