Task 2

 

Sentence Type Exercise

Identify the sentence type:

S: Simple sentence

CP: Compound sentence

 CX: Complex sentence

CP-CX: Compound-complex sentence

__ 1. Although it started to rain, we decided to continue our walk.

__ 2. There were books on the floor, under the table, and all about the room.

__ 3. She was going to school full-time and hoped to graduate in June.

__ 4. Transportation came to a halt as the steadily falling snow accumulated faster than the snow plows could clear it away.

__ 5. Marie and Bill and I stayed up until four in the morning.

__ 6. Unless conditions change for her, she will spend the rest of her life working for minimum wage in a dusty mill; there are thousands of women like her.

__ 7. She wanted to go, but her child was sick.

__ 8. Joe is smart; he will go far.

__ 9. As soon as Dick started a coin collection, his brother bought an album of rare stamps.

__ 10. Nature is her passion in life, and colleagues say that she is a skilled naturalist.

__11.She failed her driving test because she didn't look in her mirror often enough.

__12.You should start working a little harder or you are going to fail your test.

__13.My family came to Germany when I was in grade 5, but I never learned to speak German very well.

__14.I'll help you if you help me.

__15.I'm so pleased that you can come to my party.

__16.He got up, walked over to the window, and jumped out.