Syntax Practice

A compound sentence is:

• A sentence that contains a single independent clause.

• A sentence consisting of two or more independent clauses that are conjoined with a coordinating conjunction.

• A sentence consisting of one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses

• A sentence consisting of two or more independent clauses conjoined by a coordinating conjunction as well as one or more dependent clauses

A simple sentence is:

• A sentence that contains a single independent clause.

• A sentence consisting of two or more independent clauses that are conjoined with a coordinating conjunction.

• A sentence consisting of one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses

• A sentence consisting of two or more independent clauses conjoined by a coordinating conjunction as well as one or more dependent clauses

A compound-complex sentence is:

• A sentence that contains a single independent clause.

• A sentence consisting of two or more independent clauses that are conjoined with a coordinating conjunction.

• A sentence consisting of one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses

• A sentence consisting of two or more independent clauses conjoined by a coordinating conjunction as well as one or more dependent clauses

A complex sentence is:

• A sentence that contains a single independent clause.

• A sentence consisting of two or more independent clauses that are conjoined with a coordinating conjunction.

• A sentence consisting of one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses

• A sentence consisting of two or more independent clauses conjoined by a coordinating conjunction as well as one or more dependent clauses

The two factors that influence syntactic complexity are: (separate by a comma)

Syntactic complexity ________ when a topic is familiar

• increases

• decreases

Because I was out of milk

• dependent clause

• independent clause

• parallelism

• asyndeton

I went to the store.

• dependent clause

• independent clause

• parallelism

• asyndeton

What is a simple sentence?

• A sentence that contains a single independent clause.

• A sentence consisting of two or more independent clauses conjoined by a coordinating conjunction.

• A sentence consisting of one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.

• A sentence consisting of two or more independent clauses conjoined by a coordinating conjunction as well as one or more dependent clauses.

Identify the compound sentence.

• I went to the store, and I bought some milk.

• Because I was tired, I went to bed early.

• Although it was raining, we went for a walk.

• She likes coffee, but he prefers tea.