(Check these please)Identify these sentences as compound, simple or run-on sentences.
5. Percy Shelley traveled in Europe and visited friends.(simple)
6. Shelley made friends with other poets; John Keats was Shelley's friend.(compound)
7. William Godwin was another friend, Shelley liked his daughter.(run-on)
9. Mary's father was a philosopher, her mother worked for women's rights.(compound)
14. Byron was one of the greatest Romantic poets students still study his work.(run-on)
19. Byron loved Greece, he traveled there. (compound)
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5. Percy Shelley traveled in Europe and visited friends.(simple) correct
6. Shelley made friends with other poets; John Keats was Shelley's friend.(compound) correct
7. William Godwin was another friend, Shelley liked his daughter.(run-on) correct
9. Mary's father was a philosopher, her mother worked for women's rights.(compound) incorrect
14. Byron was one of the greatest Romantic poets students still study his work.(run-on) correct
19. Byron loved Greece, he traveled there. (compound) incorrect
To identify whether the sentences are compound, simple, or run-on, we need to understand the structure and meaning of each sentence.
5. Percy Shelley traveled in Europe and visited friends. (simple)
Explanation: This sentence is simple because it contains only one independent clause - "Percy Shelley traveled in Europe and visited friends."
6. Shelley made friends with other poets; John Keats was Shelley's friend. (compound)
Explanation: This sentence is compound because it consists of two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (;). The first independent clause is "Shelley made friends with other poets," and the second independent clause is "John Keats was Shelley's friend."
7. William Godwin was another friend, Shelley liked his daughter. (run-on)
Explanation: This sentence is a run-on sentence because it contains two independent clauses without proper punctuation or conjunction. To correct it, we can either use a coordinating conjunction or separate the two independent clauses into two separate sentences: "William Godwin was another friend. Shelley liked his daughter."
9. Mary's father was a philosopher, her mother worked for women's rights. (compound)
Explanation: This sentence is compound because it consists of two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (,). The first independent clause is "Mary's father was a philosopher," and the second independent clause is "her mother worked for women's rights."
14. Byron was one of the greatest Romantic poets students still study his work. (run-on)
Explanation: This sentence is a run-on sentence because it contains two independent clauses without proper punctuation or conjunction. To correct it, we can either use a coordinating conjunction or separate the two independent clauses into two separate sentences: "Byron was one of the greatest Romantic poets. Students still study his work."
19. Byron loved Greece, he traveled there. (compound)
Explanation: This sentence is compound because it consists of two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (,). The first independent clause is "Byron loved Greece," and the second independent clause is "he traveled there."