Identify the structure of each of the following sentences as either simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex
1. If this offense is reported, he will receive a severe fine.
2. The apples, peaches, and pears are in the refrigerator. <-- simple
3. Father will fly home from Dallas tomorrow, or he will phone the family. <-- Complex
4. Antoinette carefully described the people that she had seen. <--- simple
5.The room is dark in the morning, but sunlight floods it in the afternoon. <-- complex
6. Gilberto left suddenly in the middle of the school committee meeting and did not reappear until more than two hours later. <-- compound
7. She gave him a battered copy of Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, and he used it until his fiancee gave him a new dictionary of quotations. <-- complex
8. The book is very long; it does, nevertheless, have many interesting passages. <-- compound-complex
9. Marco Polo was born on the walled island of Korcula in the Adriatic. <--- simple
10. She described the method that she had used to save her brother’s life. <-- simple
1. ??
2. yes
3. no
4. no
5. no
6. no
7. no
8. no
9. yes
10. no
Study these:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_clause_structure#Simple_sentences
1 ?
2. s - yes
3. cx - no
4. s - no
5. cx - no
6. cd - no
7. cx - no
8. cd/cx - no
9. s - yes
10. s - no
Please study this site.
http://www2.ivcc.edu/rambo/eng1001/sentences.htm
1. simple
3. compound
4. compound
5. compound
6. complex
7. compound-complex
8. complex
10. complex
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1. compound
4. complex
6. compound-complex
8. compound
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1. Compound-complex
2. Simple
3. Complex
4. Simple
5. Complex
6. Compound
7. Complex
8. Compound-complex
9. Simple
10. Simple
1. simple - no
3. compound - yes
4. compound - no
5. compound - yes
6. complex - no
7. compound-complex - yes
8. complex - no
10. complex - yes