Mentor Sentence Quiz (Compound/Complex Sentences)

A compound/complex sentence is made up of......

• two independent clauses

• two dependent clauses

• two independent clauses and a dependent clause

• one independent clause and one dependent clause

Find all the independent clauses.

• The pink polka-dotted giraffe was my favorite stuffed animal.

• A hippo was splashing water all over the people watching him.

• the purple grape

• sitting on my chair

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Find all the dependent clauses.

• The orange creamsicle was melting in the sun.

• My favorite type of pizza is pepperoni,

• because the sun was hidden

• since we won our first baseball game

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What type of sentence is this?
Whenever it rained, Kerry thought of her home in Ireland, and she worried about her mother.

• Simple
• compound
• complex
• compound-complex

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

As Tucker sat down on the rickety old chair, it abruptly collapsed beneath him.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B