Types of Sentences - Test Prep

Since we had only gone a mile from camp, we decided to return before sunset.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

Those clouds promise rain, so we should hurry up and leave before we get caught in a flash flood.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

John went to school today, but James remained at home.

• simple

• complex

• compound

• compound-complex

Barbara and Joanne whispered and giggled all night.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

We decided to go fishing and camp out at the lake.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

After the tornado hit, my house was totally destroyed.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

There is a hurricane going towards Miami, so the Major ordered everybody to leave the county.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

Everybody left Miami after the Major ordered it, but the hurricane changed its path at the last minute and headed towards Louisiana.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex