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Sentence Types Review

Using your notes and handouts, answer the following:

Define simple sentence:

Contains one independent clause

Define compound sentence & list 3 ways how to make a sentence compound:

Two independent clauses joined by: a comma + coordinating conjunction ( , ForAndNorButOrYetSo) semicolon ( ; ) semicolon + conjunctive adverb + comma ( ; however/therefore/nevertheless/nonetheless, )

Define complex sentence:

One independent and one subordinate clause

Compound complex sentence:

At least two independent and one subordinate clause

II. Label each of the following sentences: S for Simple X for Complex C for Compound CX for Compound Complex

X 1. Pauline and Bruno have a big argument every summer over where they should spend their summer vacation.

S 2. Pauline loves to go to the beach and spend her days sunbathing.

CX 3. Bruno, on the other hand, likes the view that he gets from the log cabin up in the mountains, and he enjoys hiking in the forest.

X 4. Pauline says THAT there is nothing relaxing about chopping wood, swatting mosquitoes, and cooking over a woodstove.

C 5. Bruno dislikes sitting on the beach; he always gets a nasty sunburn.

S 6. Bruno tends to get bored sitting on the beach, watching the waves, getting sand in his swimsuit, and reading detective novels for a week.

S 7. This year, after a lengthy, noisy debate, they decided to take separate vacations. C 8. Bruno went to the White Mountains of New Hampshire; however, Pauline went to Cape Cod.

X 9. Although they are 250 miles apart, they keep in constant contact on the internet.

CX 10. Bruno took the desktop computer that he uses at work, and Pauline sits on the beach with her laptop computer, which she connects to the internet with a cellular phone.

X 11. The evening dinner cruise was considerably more fun than I had expected.

S 12. We traveled up the west shore of Seneca Lake.

X 13. After we had been aboard for half an hour, dinner finally was served.

C 14. The food was unexciting; however, the exotic atmosphere was truly delightful.

CX 15. While we ate dinner, dancers entertained us, and we listened to a fabulous show by the band.