Exploring Simple and Compound Sentence Structures

What is a simple sentence?

• A sentence with two independent clauses.

• A sentence with one independent clause.

• A sentence with a dependent clause.

• A sentence with no subject.

Which of the following is a simple sentence?

• The woman smiled.

• The woman smiled, but the man frowned.

• The woman smiled and the man frowned.

• The woman smiled; the man frowned.

What is a compound subject?

• A subject with two or more predicates.

• A subject made up of two or more simple subjects joined by a conjunction.

• A subject with a dependent clause.

• A subject with no predicate.

Identify the compound predicate in the sentence: 'The girls laughed and cried.'

• The girls

• Cried

• Laughed and cried

• Laughed

What defines a compound sentence?

• A sentence with one independent clause.

• A sentence with a dependent clause.

• A sentence with no subject.

• A sentence with two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction or semicolon.

Which of the following is a compound sentence?

• The woman smiled.

• The woman smiled, but the man frowned.

• The woman smiled and the man frowned.

• The woman smiled; the man frowned.

How can you join two independent clauses to form a compound sentence?

• Using a dependent clause.

• Using a comma and a coordinating conjunction.

• Using an exclamation mark.

• Using a period.

Which coordinating conjunction is used in the sentence: 'Mrs Barnes wants to lose weight, yet she can't stop eating sugar.'?

• Yet

• But

• And

• Or

What punctuation can be used to join two closely related independent clauses?

• Colon

• Dash

• Semicolon

• Comma

Identify the type of sentence: 'We need to leave; it's getting late.'

• Fragment

• Compound sentence

• Simple sentence

• Complex sentence