Sentence Variety Practice

A dependent clause...

• does not always contain both a subject and a verb

• is not a complete thought

• is a sentence fragment

• all of the options

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

An independent clause is always...

• a question

• a complete sentence

• a complete thought

• a sentence fragment

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

A complex sentence...

• has two or more independent clauses connected by a conjunction

• has two or more dependent clauses connected by a conjunction

• contains one independent and at least one dependent clause

• a very long sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

A compound sentence is...

• A sentence that includes two independent clauses connected by a conjunction, as well as a dependent clause.

• A sentence that includes an independent clause and a dependent clause.

• A sentence that includes only one independent clause.

• A sentence that includes two independent clauses connected by a conjunction.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

What kind of sentence is this?

Pizza is the best lunch because the cheese and pepperoni are delicious.

• complex

• compound

• compound-complex

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

What kind of sentence is this?

I wanted to pass the class, yet I didn't do any of my work.

• complex

• compound

• compound-complex

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Mallorie and Alexis went to the dance yesterday.

• simple

• compound

• complex

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

The sixth graders got upset, so the principals ordered more.

• simple

• compound

• complex

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

What is another name for a simple sentence?

• dependent clause

• independent clause

• coordinating conjunction

• prepositional phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

If I finish my project tonight, may I go to my friend's house tomorrow night?

• simple sentence

• complex sentence

• compound sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B