Simple and Complex Sentences Review

"After you get home, I want you to clean your room."

This is a...

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

"My favorite food is chicken alfredo."

This is an example of a...

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• compound-complex sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

"We ran home and ate dinner."

This is an example of a...

• complex sentence

• compound-complex sentence

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

Simple sentences have...

• one independent clause

• two independent clauses

• one dependent and one independent clause

• multiple dependent clauses

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

"After the movie, we all went out for pizza."

This is an example of a...

• compound sentence

• simple sentence

• compound-complex

• complex sentence

Dependent clauses have...

• the ability to stand alone as a complete sentence

• no subject and no verb

• no connection to an independent clause

• a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone as a complete sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

CCSS.W.9-10.4

Complex sentences have...

• only simple sentences combined

• two or more independent clauses

• no dependent clauses

• one independent clause and at least one dependent clause

"We went to the park"

This is...

• a complex sentence

• NOT a complex sentence

"Wherever they are, it is far from here."

This is...

• a complex sentence

• NOT a complex sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Independent clauses have...

• a subject but no predicate, and cannot stand alone as a complete sentence.

• no subject or predicate, and must be connected to a dependent clause.

• a subject and a verb, and can stand alone as a complete sentence

• a predicate but no subject, and must be connected to another independent clause.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2A