Simple, Compound & Complex Sentences

The local doctor refuses to treat the baby because the couple is too poor to pay. 

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• Compound
• Complex

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.3

Kino's grandfather moved north from Nayarit to a village near La Paz. 

• Simple 
• Compound 

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CCSS.L.7.1B

An Indian boy found a pearl in the water near La Paz. 

• Simple 
• Compound
• Complex

La Paz is in Baja, or Lower California, but this peninsula is part of Mexico. 

• Simple
• Compound

In 1811 the city of La Paz was settled by the Spanish.

• Simple 
• Compound 

Pearls were found in oyster beds in area waters, and La Paz grew rapidly. 

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• Compound 

John Steinbeck wrote a book that was titled "The Sea of Cortez".

• Simple
• Compound 
• Complex

In this book, Steinbeck told about a story that he heard in Mexico. 

• Simple 
• Compound 
• Complex

Spanish explorers settles in Baja in 1697, but Native Americans already inhabited the land. 

• Simple 
• Compound 

The story, which was about a great pearl, gave Steinbeck the idea for "The Pearl". 

• Simple 
• Compound 
• Complex

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CCSS.L.6.3A