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Compound and Complex Sentence Punctuation Review

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

Compound and Complex Sentence Punctuation Review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which type of sentence contains NO dependent clauses?

compound sentence

complex sentence

compound-complex sentence

run-on sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which type of sentence contains 1 independent clause and 1 dependent clause?

compound-complex sentence

compound sentence

complex sentence

confusing sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.2.1F

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What other punctuation mark could divide a compound sentence

Ampersand &

Semi-colon ;

Colon :

Period .

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When the ___________ ______________ comes at the beginning of the sentence, you will always need a comma to separate it from the independent clause.

dependent clause

independent clause

coordinating conjunction

apple pie

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A compound-complex sentence must have at least...

a banjo

a blueberry muffin

a proper noun

one dependent clause and two independent clauses

Answer explanation

I sure hope you didn't pick banjo!

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.2.1F

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When I get home from school, I am going to do my homework right away.

simple

compound

complex

compound-complex

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

While my parents were at the movies, I watched three house of tik toks, and then I cleaned my room.

simple

compound

complex

compound-complex

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

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