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Compound-Complex Sentences
1. Pauline and Bruno have a big argument every summer over where they should
spend their summer vacation.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
2. Pauline loves to go to the beach and spend her days sunbathing.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
3. Bruno, on the other hand, likes the view that he gets from the log cabin up in the
mountains, and he enjoys hiking in the forest.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
4. Pauline says there is nothing relaxing about chopping wood, swatting mosquitoes,
and cooking over a woodstove.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
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5. Bruno dislikes sitting on the beach; he always gets a nasty sunburn.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
6. Bruno tends to get bored sitting on the beach, watching the waves, getting sand in
his swimsuit, and reading detective novels for a week.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
7. This year, after a lengthy, noisy debate, they decided to take separate vacations.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
8. Bruno went to the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and Pauline went to Cape
Cod.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
9. Although they are 250 miles apart, they keep in constant contact on the internet.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
10. Bruno took the desktop computer that he uses at work, and Pauline sits on the
beach with her laptop computer, which she connects to the internet with a cellular
phone.
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A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
ANSWERS
1. Pauline and Bruno have a big argument every summer over where they should
spend their summer vacation.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
The correct response is C. The independent clause is "Pauline and
Bruno have a big argument every summer; the dependent clause is
"where they should spend their summer vacation." (The dependent
clause is a noun clause, the object of the preposition "over.")
2. Pauline loves to go to the beach and spend her days sunbathing.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
The correct response is A. There is only one independent clause here,
and no dependent clause. The "and" is connecting two infinitive phrases
("to go" and "[to] spend").
3. Bruno, on the other hand, likes the view that he gets from the log cabin up in the
mountains, and he enjoys hiking in the forest.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
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C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
You're right! There are two independent clauses here -- "Bruno likes the
view" and "he enjoys hiking. . ." -- and one dependent clause -- "that he gets
. . . ."
4. Pauline says there is nothing relaxing about chopping wood, swatting mosquitoes,
and cooking over a woodstove.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
The correct response is C. The independent clause is "Pauline says"; the
rest of the sentence is an elliptical clause, a dependent clause with the
"that" left out.
5. Bruno dislikes sitting on the beach; he always gets a nasty sunburn.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
You're right! There are two independent clauses in this sentence; they are
separated by a semicolon.
6. Bruno tends to get bored sitting on the beach, watching the waves, getting sand in
his swimsuit, and reading detective novels for a week.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
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D. Compound-Complex Sentence
The correct response is A. There is only one independent clause in this
sentence. The participles -- "sitting," "watching," "getting," and "reading"
-- are verb forms, not verbs, and do not constitute a clause.
7. This year, after a lengthy, noisy debate, they decided to take separate vacations.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
The correct response is A. This sentence contains one independent clause,
one subject-verb relationship ("they decided").
8. Bruno went to the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and Pauline went to Cape
Cod.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
The correct response is B. There are two independent clauses here,
connected by the coordinating conjunction "and."
9. Although they are 250 miles apart, they keep in constant contact on the internet.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
The correct response is C. This sentence comprises one independent clause -5
"they keep in constant contact. . ." -- and one dependent clause -- "Although they
are 250 miles apart."
10. Bruno took the desktop computer that he uses at work, and Pauline sits on the
beach with her laptop computer, which she connects to the internet with a cellular
phone.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
The correct response is D. The sentence contains two independent clauses -"Bruno took the desktop computer" and "Pauline sits . . ." (connected by
the coordinating conjunction "and") -- and two dependent clauses -- "that he
uses at work" and "which she connects. . . ."
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