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Empathy-Simple, Compound, Complex, or Compound Complex?

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which sentence is punctuated carefully?

a)

Empathy is putting yourself in someone else's shoes so, please have some compassion.

b)

Empathy is putting yourself in someone else's shoes, so please have some compassion.

c)

I wanted to be empathetic so I listened carefully to what she had to say.

d)

I wanted to be empathetic so, I listened carefully to what she had to say.

2.

Punctuate this sentence, so it is correct.

When Mrs. Moscati teaches us all about empathy she wants to try to understand what others are going through so we can be more compassionate.

a)

A comma goes after the word empathy and before the word so

b)

A comma goes after the word empathy and after the word so

c)

Nothing is needed to be changed.

d)

A comma goes before the word empathy and after the word so

3.

Identify the sentence:

Do you agree that it is important to learn about empathy, or do you think it is a waste of time?

a)

simple

b)

compound

c)

complex

d)

compound-complex

4.

This definition describes what type of sentence?

It has 1 independent clause, and 1 dependent clause, and a subordinating conjunction.

a)

simple

b)

compound

c)

complex

d)

compound-complex

5.

This definition describes what type of sentence?

It has at least 2 independent clauses and a coordinating conjunction.

a)

simple

b)

compound

c)

complex

d)

compound-complex

6.

This definition describes what type of sentence?

It has at least 2 independent clauses and a coordinating conjunction, 1 dependent clause and a subordinating conjunction.

a)

simple

b)

compound

c)

complex

d)

compound-complex

7.

This definition describes what type of sentence?

It has only one clause, a subject, a predicate, and it has to make sense.

a)

simple

b)

compound

c)

complex

d)

compound-complex

8.

Which is an example of a coordinating conjunction?

a)

for

b)

because

c)

until

d)

if

9.

Which is an example of a coordinating conjunction?

a)

while

b)

sometimes

c)

be

d)

so

10.

Which is an example of a coordinating conjunction?

a)

any

b)

nor

c)

it

d)

when

11.

Which is an example of a subordinating conjunction?

a)

even though

b)

but

c)

so

d)

something

12.

Which is an example of a subordinating conjunction?

a)

all the time

b)

too

c)

whenever

d)

sometimes

13.

Which is an example of a subordinating conjunction?

a)

not

b)

yet

c)

some of the time

d)

if

14.

Identify the type of sentence:

If you learn in school about empathy, do you think it is possible to become more empathetic?

a)

simple

b)

compound

c)

complex

d)

compound-complex

15.

Identify the type of sentence:

The experiment we had to do by pretending to be blind was extremely beneficial because learning what a blind person goes through helped us to better understand what their life is like.

a)

simple

b)

compound

c)

complex

d)

compound-complex