Unit 6: Sentence Structure

Which is the correctly written sentence?

• Snoop Dog is actually a great artist, if you don't look at criminal history.

• Many teachers like rap but students do not know it.

• When I play a game on PlayStation, I have to stay focused.

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CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.8.4

"You're time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life." (Steve Jobs)

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

• Complex Sentence

• Compound Complex Sentence

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CCSS.L.7.1B

Does this sentence need a comma?
I went to dance and then went home.

• Yes
• No

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.4

Subordinating conjunctions start which type of clauses?

• independent clauses
• dependent clauses
• both a and b
• simple sentences

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CCSS.L.7.1A

If they place first, they might win five hundred dollars.

• complex sentence
• compound sentence
• simple sentence

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CCSS.L.7.1B

Morgan and Riley plan to enter their robot in an engineering competition.

• complex sentence
• compound sentence
• simple sentence

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CCSS.L.7.1B

The robot can also sort objects, but it cannot count.

• complex sentence
• compound sentence
• simple sentence

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CCSS.L.7.1B

Because there was a hurricane, we had to cancel our trip to the beach. 

• Simple
• Compound
• Complex

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.7.1B

Which of the following sentences is a simple sentence?

• Rodney plays basketball, but Cheryl always beats Rodney.
• Rodney likes to play basketball, but I like to play baseball.
• Cheryl likes basketball, and she also likes ice skating.
• Rodney likes to spend his weekends playing basketball.

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CCSS.L.7.1B

Which of the following is a complex sentence?

• The animals in the mountains can be loud at night.
• The morning is so bright, and the night is as black as the sea.
• When I get to the bottom of the mountain, I want to sit beside the stream.
• The valley is a very quiet place to sit and think at night.

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CCSS.L.7.1B