Can you recheck these? I don't understand.
10. I enjoy it because the temperature is pleasant, and everything is green and pretty.
ans: cd (compound)
11. I also love to hear the birds singing in the trees and to watch them building their nests.
ans: SS (simple)
13. In the springtime the days are longer, and the sun shines through the windows, warming my soul with its rays after the gloomy gray days of winter.
ans: cx (complex)
14. I can accept the rain and wind since I know that these two elements are important to water the earth and then to dry it back out again.
ans: cd-cx (compound complex)
15. With the rain and sunshine come the flowers, and their bright colors brighten my life.
ans: cx (complex)
16. The wind is sometimes a little bit too much around here; otherwise, there are very few major problems with this season of awakening and hope.
ans: cd-cx (compound complex)
10 and 11 are correct.
~ Simple = 1 independent clause
~ Compound = 2 independent clauses (each could be a sentence on its own), joined by a FANBOYS conjunction or a semicolon
~ Complex = 1 independent clause + at least 1 dependent clause (these have subordinating conjunctions or relative pronouns at/near the start of the clause)
~ Compound-complex = 2 independent clauses, joined correctly + at least 1 dependent clause
(A phrase is a group of words that work together but DO NOT have subject-verb in them.)
13 is compound. Here's why:
In the springtime the days are longer, = independent clause
and the sun shines through the windows, = independent clause
warming my soul with its rays after the gloomy gray days of winter. = phrase, not clause
Let me know what you think about 14, 15, and 16. Take them apart as I did #13.
14. I can accept the rain and wind since I know that these two elements are important to water the earth and then to dry it back out again.
ans: complex
I can accept the rain and wind = independent clause
since I know that these two elements are important to water the earth = dependent
and then to dry it back = dependent
15. With the rain and sunshine come the flowers, and their bright colors brighten my life.
ans: compound
With the rain and sunshine come the flowers = independent
and their bright colors brighten my life = independent
16.The wind is sometimes a little bit too much around here; otherwise, there are very few major problems with this season of awakening and hope.
ans: compound
the wind is sometimes a little bit too much around here = independent
there are very few major problems with this season of awakening and hope = independent
Excellent!!
thank you for explaining :)
You're very welcome.
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To recheck and understand the sentence types, we need to look at the structure of each sentence.
10. "I enjoy it because the temperature is pleasant, and everything is green and pretty." This sentence contains two independent clauses joined by the coordinating conjunction "and." So, it is a compound sentence (cd).
11. "I also love to hear the birds singing in the trees and to watch them building their nests." This sentence consists of two infinitive phrases joined by the coordinating conjunction "and." Since there are no independent clauses, it is a simple sentence (SS).
13. "In the springtime the days are longer, and the sun shines through the windows, warming my soul with its rays after the gloomy gray days of winter." This sentence contains two independent clauses joined by the coordinating conjunction "and." So, it is a compound sentence (cd).
14. "I can accept the rain and wind since I know that these two elements are important to water the earth and then to dry it back out again." This sentence contains two independent clauses joined by the coordinating conjunction "since." Additionally, it includes the subordinating conjunction "that" introducing a dependent clause. Therefore, it is a compound-complex sentence (cd-cx).
15. "With the rain and sunshine come the flowers, and their bright colors brighten my life." This sentence includes a dependent clause ("With the rain and sunshine come the flowers") and an independent clause ("their bright colors brighten my life") joined by the coordinating conjunction "and." So, it is a complex sentence (cx).
16. "The wind is sometimes a little bit too much around here; otherwise, there are very few major problems with this season of awakening and hope." This sentence contains two independent clauses joined by the coordinating conjunction "otherwise" and includes a semicolon separating them. So, it is a compound-complex sentence (cd-cx).
In summary:
10. Compound (cd)
11. Simple (SS)
13. Compound (cd)
14. Compound-complex (cd-cx)
15. Complex (cx)
16. Compound-complex (cd-cx)