What is a complex sentence?

A sentence containing an independent clause and at least one dependent clause

A group of words that looks like a sentence, but is missing either a subject or predicate

A sentence containing two independent clauses

A sentence containing two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause

Which sentence is a complex sentence?

As I walked down the hallway, I saw my friend.

I walked down the hallway, and I saw my friend.

Which sentence is a simple sentence?

Sending the army into territory inhabited by Mexicans was sure to cause conflict.

Whenever Santa Anna was forced to say that the border was the Rio Grande, this made Texas bigger.

So when Polk ordered General Taylor to move troops to the Rio Grande, he was challenging Mexico.

When the soldiers reached the Rio Grande, they found empty villages.

Which sentences is a compound sentence?

Russia has a variety of natural resources, and uses them to export overseas.

Russia has a variety of natural resources, including oil, natural gas, timber, iron ore, copper, and lead.

Russia has a variety of natural resources, which they export overseas.

Russia has a lot of natural resources, which they export overseas, and this helps their economy.

Sentence Structure

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L.2.1F, L.7.1B, L.3.1H

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Subject + Noun

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Verb + Adverb

Fill in the blank with the best coordinating conjunction:
I want to sleep in, _____ I have to go to school.

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but

nor

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Visited Burj Al Arab.

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Fill in the blank with the best coordinating conjunction:
I want to sleep in, _____ I have to go to school.

Does this sentence need a comma?
The boy ran down the street and scratched his knee.

Identify the simple predicate:
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Dubai is a beautiful country.

Sharjah and Umm Al Qwain

Visited Burj Al Arab.

Sheikh Zayed is a well-known personality in the UAE.

James went to Majaz Park.

What two things make a sentence?

Fill in the blank with the best coordinating conjunction: I want to sleep in, _____ I have to go to school.

Does this sentence need a comma?The boy ran down the street and scratched his knee.

Identify the simple predicate:Cardinals nest in our yard every spring.

Identify the simple subject: The nail had punctured the right front tire.

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Fill in the blank with the best coordinating conjunction:
I want to sleep in, _____ I have to go to school.

Does this sentence need a comma?
The boy ran down the street and scratched his knee.

Identify the simple predicate:
Cardinals nest in our yard every spring.

Identify the simple subject:
The nail had punctured the right front tire.