Indentify each sentence below with Simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex.
Could you pleas tell me if these are correct?
1. After they defeated Germany in World War II, the Allies divided Germany and its capital city, Berlin, into four sectors: a British sector, a French sector, an American sector, and a Russian sector. Compound-complex
2. The Russian sector became the German Democratic Republic, or East Germany, and Berlin was in that sector. Compound
3. The East Germans tried to make Berlin their capital, but ultimately they could only have East Berlin because the Americans, French, and British controlled West Berlin. Compound-complex
#1 is incorrect.
#2 is correct
#3 is correct.
so is #1 complex? because that is the only choice left.
LOL.... Yup... The dependent clause is
After they defeated Germany in World War II
The independent clause is
the Allies divided Germany and its capital city, Berlin, into four sectors: a British sector, a French sector, an American sector, and a Russian sector.
Notice the colon... the there is a list of sectors following it. There is only one verb. Basic part of the sentence is Allies divided Germany and Berlin.
thank you so much!!
You are entirely welcome.
To identify the type of sentences, we need to understand the structure of each sentence.
1. After they defeated Germany in World War II, the Allies divided Germany and its capital city, Berlin, into four sectors: a British sector, a French sector, an American sector, and a Russian sector.
This sentence has two independent clauses joined by the coordinating conjunction "and." It also contains a dependent clause introduced by the subordinating conjunction "after." Therefore, this is a compound-complex sentence.
2. The Russian sector became the German Democratic Republic, or East Germany, and Berlin was in that sector.
This sentence consists of two independent clauses joined by the coordinating conjunction "and." It does not contain any dependent clauses. Therefore, this is a compound sentence.
3. The East Germans tried to make Berlin their capital, but ultimately they could only have East Berlin because the Americans, French, and British controlled West Berlin.
This sentence also consists of two independent clauses joined by the coordinating conjunction "but." It contains a dependent clause introduced by the subordinating conjunction "because." Therefore, this sentence is compound-complex.
To summarize:
1. Compound-complex
2. Compound
3. Compound-complex