Understanding Different Types of Sentences

Match the terms with the definitions:

1. Two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses - Compound-Complex Sentence

2. One independent clause and one or more dependent clauses - Complex Sentence

3. A sentence with only one independent clause (one complete thought) - Simple Sentence

4. Two or more simple sentences that are joined by coordinate conjunction, punctuation, or both - Compound Sentence

Read the sentence below, and identify the sentence's type:

The cat crawled under the table to hide.

Simple

Read the sentence below, and identify the sentence's type:

Although it rained for three hours, the coach did not cancel baseball practice.

Complex

Read the sentence below, and identify the sentence's type:

Mom baked cookies for the school picnic, and Dad volunteered to grill the hamburgers.

Compound

Read the sentence below, and identify the sentence's type:

After Molly lost the student council election, she decided to try out for soccer, and her friends thought she made a good decision.

Compound-Complex

Combine the following two sentences:

The cat walked.
The cat purred.
The cat walked and purred.

Combine the following two sentences:

Allison drank all the milk.
She went to the store to buy another gallon.
Since Allison drank all the milk, she went to the store to buy another gallon.

Combine the following two sentences into a complex sentence:

The storm raged for three hours.
Many homes were flooded
Because the storm raged for three hours, many homes were flooded.

Combine the following two sentences into a single sentence:

We picked apples from the orchard.
The apples were red.
We picked the red apples from the orchard.

Combine the following two sentences into one smoother, more effective sentence:

The soccer team practiced every weekend this month.
The soccer team still lost all of their games.
Although the soccer team practiced every weekend this month, they still lost all of the games.

Answer:

1) 1 - D, 2 - C, 3 - A, 4 - B

2) It is a simple sentence.

3) It is a complex sentence.

4) It is a compound sentence.

5) It is a compound-complex sentence.

6) The cat walked and purred.

7) It became a complex sentence.

8) Because the storm raged for three hours, many homes were flooded.

9) We picked the red apples from the orchard.

10) Although the soccer team practiced every weekend this month, they still lost all of the games.