Correctly label the below as simple, complex, compound, compound-complex, or sentence fragment.
Vampires Dairies is my favorite television show, but I also love True Blood.
compound
Juan, Sam and Marie went to a movie, ate popcorn, and walked around the mall.
compound-complex
After the officer pulled Tim over, Tim began to cry, and the officer took pity on him.
compound-complex
Running after the car, the dog barked until the car was out of sight.
compound
I love skiing, my brother loves snowboarding, and my sister likes snow tubing.
compound
We ordered pork tenderloin for our entrée and scalloped potatoes for our side dish.
compound
Although he hasn’t read the book, he has decided to write a book report on it.
compound-complex
I saved my money so that I could buy an iPad.
complex
I love eating turkey at Thanksgiving, but my friend’s family eats lasagna because his cousin is allergic to poultry.
compound-complex
Because you don’t understand me.
sentence fragment
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To correctly label the sentences, we need to understand the different types of sentence structures.
1. "Vampires Diaries is my favorite television show, but I also love True Blood." - This is a compound sentence because it consists of two independent clauses joined by the coordinating conjunction "but."
2. "Juan, Sam, and Marie went to a movie, ate popcorn, and walked around the mall." - This is a compound-complex sentence because it contains two independent clauses ("Juan, Sam, and Marie went to a movie" and "ate popcorn") joined by the coordinating conjunction "and," and it also has one dependent clause ("walked around the mall").
3. "After the officer pulled Tim over, Tim began to cry, and the officer took pity on him." - This is a compound-complex sentence because it contains two independent clauses ("Tim began to cry" and "the officer took pity on him") joined by the coordinating conjunction "and," and it also has one dependent clause ("After the officer pulled Tim over").
4. "Running after the car, the dog barked until the car was out of sight." - This sentence is a compound sentence because it consists of two independent clauses ("Running after the car" and "the dog barked until the car was out of sight").
5. "I love skiing, my brother loves snowboarding, and my sister likes snow tubing." - This is a compound sentence because it consists of three independent clauses ("I love skiing," "my brother loves snowboarding," and "my sister likes snow tubing") joined by commas.
6. "We ordered pork tenderloin for our entrée and scalloped potatoes for our side dish." - This is a compound sentence because it consists of two independent clauses ("We ordered pork tenderloin for our entrée" and "scalloped potatoes for our side dish") joined by the coordinating conjunction "and."
7. "Although he hasn’t read the book, he has decided to write a book report on it." - This is a compound-complex sentence because it contains two independent clauses ("he hasn’t read the book" and "he has decided to write a book report on it") joined by the subordinating conjunction "although," and it also has one dependent clause ("Although he hasn’t read the book").
8. "I saved my money so that I could buy an iPad." - This is a complex sentence because it contains one independent clause ("I saved my money") and one dependent clause ("so that I could buy an iPad") joined by the subordinating conjunction "so that."
9. "I love eating turkey at Thanksgiving, but my friend’s family eats lasagna because his cousin is allergic to poultry." - This is a compound-complex sentence because it contains two independent clauses ("I love eating turkey at Thanksgiving" and "my friend’s family eats lasagna") joined by the coordinating conjunction "but," and it also has one dependent clause ("because his cousin is allergic to poultry").
10. "Because you don’t understand me." - This is a sentence fragment because it is a dependent clause ("because you don’t understand me") without an accompanying independent clause.