Sentence Types

Which type of sentence is a sentence that expresses a complete thought and has a subject and a predicate?

• Declarative sentence

• Exclamatory sentence

• Imperative sentence

• Interrogative sentence

What is a simple sentence?

• A simple sentence is a sentence that consists of only one independent clause and expresses a complete thought.

• A simple sentence is a sentence that is very long and complex.

• A simple sentence is a sentence that does not have a subject or a verb.

• A simple sentence is a sentence that consists of multiple independent clauses.

Which type of sentence is formed by joining two or more independent clauses?

• Complex sentence

• Compound sentence

• Compound-complex sentence

• Simple sentence

What is a compound sentence?

• A compound sentence is a sentence that consists of two or more dependent clauses joined together by coordinating conjunctions or punctuation.

• A compound sentence is a sentence that consists of two or more independent clauses joined together by coordinating conjunctions or punctuation.

• A compound sentence is a sentence that consists of two or more words joined together by coordinating conjunctions or punctuation.

• A compound sentence is a sentence that consists of two or more phrases joined together by coordinating conjunctions or punctuation.

Which type of sentence contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses?

• complex sentence

• compound sentence

• run-on sentence

• simple sentence

What is a complex sentence?

• A complex sentence is a sentence that contains two independent clauses.

• A complex sentence is a sentence that contains only dependent clauses.

• A complex sentence is a sentence that contains no clauses.

• A complex sentence is a sentence that contains an independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

Which type of sentence is this: 'I love to read books and I enjoy playing sports.'?

• declarative

• complex

• compound

• simple

Which type of sentence is this: 'She studied hard for the test, but she still didn't get a good grade.'?

• simple

• complex

• compound

• declarative

Which type of sentence is this: 'Although it was raining, we decided to go for a walk.'?

• complex

• compound

• simple

• declarative

Which type of sentence is this: 'He is tall, dark, and handsome.'?

• imperative

• interrogative

• exclamatory

• declarative