simple compound and complex sentences

Create a compound-complex sentence!

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CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1H

Select 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.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Select 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

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

The family, who was eating dinner, was very strange.

• simple

• compound

• complex

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CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1H

A complex sentence consists of one _______________________ clause and one _______________________ clause.

• independent, dependent

• phrase, santa

• independent, command

• dependent, embedded

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CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1H

I like the Bears; I like the Bulls.

• simple

• compound

• complex

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CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Shaun White's snowboard is right in front of him.

• simple

• compound

• complex

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CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

Is this sentence simple, compound, or complex?

"The cat escaped the loving pet-owner."

• simple

• compound

• complex

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CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

Because of all the rain, I didn't get a chance to run outside.

• Simple sentence

• Compound sentence

• Complex sentence

• None of the above

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CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1H

Because many brave soldiers fought in the war, they received medals.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• none of the above

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CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1H