Identify each of the following sentences, if correct, as simple (S), compound (C), complex (CX), or compound-complex(CCX). If incorrect, identify the error as a run-on (RO), comma splice (CS) or fragment (F) Write your answer in the blank.
1. ______ The sky in the west was full of pale-yellow light, Louise stood outside with her hands in the pockets of Leon’s green army jacket.
2. ______ Which was too big for her.
3. ______ The funeral was over the old men had taken their candles and medicine bags and were gone.
4. ______She waited until the body was laid into the pickup before she said anything to Leon.
5. ______ She touched his arm, and he noticed that her hands were still dusty from the corn meal that she had sprinkled around the old man.
6. ______ When she spoke, Leon could not hear her.
7. ______ Leon stared at the new moccasins that Teofilo had made for the ceremonial dances in the summer.
8. ______ They were nearly hidden by the red blanket.
9. ______ It was getting colder, the wind pushed gray dust down the narrow pueblo road.
10. ______ Louise stood there shivering and watched his face.
1. CCX
Explanation: This is a compound-complex sentence because it contains two independent clauses ("The sky in the west was full of pale-yellow light" and "Louise stood outside with her hands in the pockets of Leon's green army jacket") and a dependent clause ("with her hands in the pockets of Leon's green army jacket").
2. F
Explanation: This is a fragment because it does not contain a subject and a verb. It is just a dependent clause without a main clause.
3. RO
Explanation: This is a run-on sentence because there are two independent clauses ("The funeral was over" and "the old men had taken their candles and medicine bags and were gone") without any punctuation or conjunction separating them.
4. S
Explanation: This is a simple sentence because it only contains one independent clause ("She waited until the body was laid into the pickup before she said anything to Leon").
5. C
Explanation: This is a compound sentence because it contains two independent clauses ("She touched his arm" and "he noticed that her hands were still dusty from the cornmeal that she had sprinkled around the old man"), which are joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction ("and").
6. CX
Explanation: This is a complex sentence because it contains one independent clause ("Leon could not hear her") and one dependent clause ("When she spoke").
7. S
Explanation: This is a simple sentence because it only contains one independent clause ("Leon stared at the new moccasins that Teofilo had made for the ceremonial dances in the summer").
8. S
Explanation: This is a simple sentence because it only contains one independent clause ("They were nearly hidden by the red blanket").
9. C
Explanation: This is a compound sentence because it contains two independent clauses ("It was getting colder" and "the wind pushed gray dust down the narrow pueblo road"), which are joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction ("and").
10. S
Explanation: This is a simple sentence because it only contains one independent clause ("Louise stood there shivering and watched his face").