Question

Identify the structure of each of the following sentences as either simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex

1. If this offense is reported, he will receive a severe fine.

2. The apples, peaches, and pears are in the refrigerator. <-- simple

3. Father will fly home from Dallas tomorrow, or he will phone the family. <-- Complex

4. Antoinette carefully described the people that she had seen. <--- simple

5.The room is dark in the morning, but sunlight floods it in the afternoon. <-- complex

6. Gilberto left suddenly in the middle of the school committee meeting and did not reappear until more than two hours later. <-- compound

7. She gave him a battered copy of Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, and he used it until his fiancee gave him a new dictionary of quotations. <-- complex

8. The book is very long; it does, nevertheless, have many interesting passages. <-- compound-complex

9. Marco Polo was born on the walled island of Korcula in the Adriatic. <--- simple

10. She described the method that she had used to save her brother’s life. <-- simple

Answers

Writeacher
1. ??
2. yes
3. no
4. no
5. no
6. no
7. no
8. no
9. yes
10. no

Study these:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_clause_structure#Simple_sentences
Ms. Sue
1 ?
2. s - yes
3. cx - no
4. s - no
5. cx - no
6. cd - no
7. cx - no
8. cd/cx - no
9. s - yes
10. s - no

Please study this site.
http://www2.ivcc.edu/rambo/eng1001/sentences.htm
Please check my answers
1. simple
3. compound
4. compound
5. compound
6. complex
7. compound-complex
8. complex
10. complex
Ms. Sue
1. simple - no
3. compound - yes
4. compound - no
5. compound - yes
6. complex - no
7. compound-complex - yes
8. complex - no
10. complex - yes
Please check my answers
ok corrections:

1. compound
4. complex
6. compound-complex
8. compound
Ms. Sue
They must be right because you only had three choices for each sentence. I've checked two of your answers, already.
Please check my answers
ok thank you
Peredam suara
Nice info for everyone

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