Categorizing Types of Sentences

What does a sentence need to have to be considered a "simple sentence"?

• 1 dependent clause (subordinating conjunction + subject + main verb + object

• 1 independent clause (subject + main verb + object)

• 1+ dependent clause and 1+ independent clause

• 1+ independent clause

A compound sentence contains more than one dependent clause.

• True

• False

A complex sentence can have only one clause, as long it contains complex ideas.

• True

• False

Categorize the following sentences:

"I am a potato."

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Imperative

"Most people think I am a boy, but I am actually a potato."

• Interrogative

• Complex

• Compound

• Simple

"Don't call me a boy."

• Simple

• Interrogative

• Imperative

• Compound

"Please call me 'Sir Tater'."

• Simple

• Interrogatory

• Exclamatory

• Imperative

"Whenever people call me a boy, I get really upset."

• Imperative

• Compound

• Complex

• Exclamatory

"Soon I will find my potato queen."

• Compound

• Imperative

• Simple

• Complex

Where have all my potato friends gone?

• Simple

• Imperative

• Compound

• Interrogative