Complete Complex Compound Sentences

The difference between a compound sentence and complex sentence is that a compound sentence has two independent clauses and a complex sentence has one independent clause and one dependent clause.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Because my coffee was too cold, I heated it in the microwave.

• Compound sentence

• Complex sentence

• Simple sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Although he was wealthy, he was still unhappy.

• Complex sentence

• Compound sentence

• Simple sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

She did not cheat on the test because it was not the right thing to do.

• Complex sentence

• Simple sentence

• Compound sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

She returned the computer after she noticed it was damaged.

• Simple sentence

• Compound sentence

• Complex sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

I think I will buy the red car, or I will lease the blue one.

• Simple sentence

• Compound sentence

• Complex sentence

• A phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

When prices go up, customers buy less products.

• Complex sentence

• Compound sentence

• A phrase

• A simple sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

I really want to go to work, but I am too sick to drive.

• Simple sentence

• Compound sentence

• Complex sentence

• A phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

The beautiful girl

• A phrase

• Simple sentence

• Compound sentence

• Complex sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

I am counting my calories, but I really want dessert.

• Simple sentence

• A phrase

• Compound sentence

• Complex sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B