Sentences and Clauses Live Test Review

What type of sentence is the following sentence? The group explores innovative ways to handle the volume and variety of plastics used in the community.

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What type of sentence is the following sentence? When the particles in a solid have more thermal energy, they vibrate more quickly, and the temperature of the substance goes up.

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What type of sentence is the following sentence? As soon as the generator turned on, a loud hum filled every corner of the room.

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What type of sentence is the following sentence? Hurricane season is approaching, so you should make a plan for evacuation in case a storm heads your way.

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What type of sentence is the following sentence? I exhaled loudly, and the instructor calmly offered reassurance.

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What type of sentence is the following sentence? The inventor of cotton candy, who was surprisingly a dentist, had an idea for a new kind of sweet, and he teamed up with a candy maker to make it happen.

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• compound-complex

This type of sentence has a main (independent clause) and 1 or more subordinate clauses.

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• compound sentence
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This type of sentence expresses 1 complete thought.

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• compound sentence
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This type of sentence has at 2 or more independent clauses and at least 1 dependent (subordinate) clause.

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• compound-complex sentence

This contains 2 or more simple sentences.

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