Compound-complex sentences

Because there was a snow day, the basketball game was rescheduled for Friday.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

The big brown dog ran after the blue and red ball.

• compound
• complex
• simple

I really wanted to do well on the quiz because I wanted an A in the class, and I got a B last quarter.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

We have to go to bed when the clock chimes 10:00.

• compound
• complex
• simple

I enjoy playing basketball, but I also like to play golf when I have spare time.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

Trees in cloud forests are shorter, and they are deciduous.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

I will make some popcorn, so I can have a snack

• compound

• complex

• simple

Although we were trying to be healthy, we wanted to get pizza, and we wanted to get ice cream.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-complex

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

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CCSS.W.8.3C

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