Sentences: Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound/Complex

Which of the following is an example of a compound-complex sentence?

• The cat meowed loudly; the dog barked.
• The cat meowed loudly and the dog barked.
• The cat meowed loudly, but the dog barked.
• The cat meowed loudly.

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What type of sentence contains one independent clause and no dependent clauses?

• Compound
• Simple
• Complex
• Compound-complex

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Which of the following is a subordinating conjunction?

• Because
• But
• However
• And

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Which of the following is an example of an independent clause?

• After the cat meowed loudly.
• The cat meowed loudly.
• The cat, who was hungry, meowed loudly.
• The cat meowed loudly because it was hungry.

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CCSS.L.11-12.1

What is the function of coordinating conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs?

• To join dependent clauses
• To join independent clauses
• To join words
• To join phrases

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What is the relationship between dependent and independent clauses in a complex sentence?

• They are joined by a coordinating conjunction.
• They are joined by a conjunctive adverb.
• They are joined by a subordinating conjunction.
• They are not joined, but are separate clauses.

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Which of the following is a compound sentence?

• The cat meowed loudly, but the dog barked.
• The cat meowed loudly; the dog barked.
• The cat meowed loudly.
• The cat meowed loudly and the dog barked.

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What is the function of coordinating conjunctions?

• To join two or more independent clauses.
• To modify two independent clauses.
• To modify a dependent clause.
• To join a dependent clause to an independent clause.

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Which of the following is a simple sentence?

• The cat meowed loudly and the dog barked.
• The cat meowed loudly.
• The cat meowed loudly; the dog barked.
• The cat meowed loudly, but the dog barked.

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CCSS.L.11-12.1

What is a run-on sentence?

• A sentence with two independent clauses joined incorrectly.
• A sentence with too many clauses.
• A sentence with no punctuation.
• A sentence with incorrect punctuation.

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