Narratives Text : Legends | Sentence structures | Kumpulan Soal 1 [Mudah]

What is the correct way to combine the following two simple sentences into a compound sentence?

Wishbone wanted to take a nap. He was too busy reading.

• Wishbone wanted too take a nap. He was too busy reading.

• Wishbone wanted to take a nap, but he was too busy reading.

• Wishbone wanted to take a nap, he was too busy reading.

• Wishbone wanted to take a nap, but too busy reading he was.

• Wishbone wanted to take a nap, and he was too busy reading.

Is this sentence simple or compound sentence?
A camel's hump can shrink when it goes without food, but a few days of eating and drinking can restore it.

Compound sentences are formed by joining two independent clauses that are closely related and of equal or similar value.

True or False?

To determine if two clauses can be joined in a compound sentence, we can ask ourselves three simple questions:

Q1. Does each clause contain a subject and a verb?

Q2. Can each clause stand alone to express a complete thought?

Q3. Are the two clauses closely related and of equal or similar importance?

True or False

Compound sentences are made up of two (or more) ________.

• words

• phrases

• dependent clauses

• independent clauses

• conjunction

The two clauses in a compound sentence can be joined using ________.

(the correct answer might be more than one)

• a semicolon

• a coordinate conjunction

• a correlative conjunction

• a conjunctive adverb

• verb

What is the correct way to combine the following two simple sentences into a compound sentence?

I went for a run this morning.

I felt energized afterward.

• I went for a run this morning but

  I felt energized afterward.

• I went for a run this morning if I felt energized afterward.

• I went for a run this morning and I felt energized afterward.

• I went for a run this morning because I felt energized afterward.

• I went for a run this morning.

  Then, I felt energized afterward.

Choose the correct clause to make the complex sentence:

When we arrived at the campground,

• the rain had stopped.

•  we went for a hike.

• until the sun set.

• if I saw a bear.

• although we started late.

Complex sentence is...

• One independent clause

• Dependent clause

• There is "after"

• One independent clause joined with a dependent clause

• subordinate clause

The sentence of "We decided to ride together since we were going to the same meeting." is the example of...

• Compound sentence

• Compound complex

• Complex sentence

• Simple Sentence

• main clause