Question

Which is an example of a simple sentence?
Group of answer choices

We should go first to the beach and then to a movie.

Shall we go to the beach today, or shall we see a movie?

We should leave for the beach now because we want to get back early.

Although the beach sounds like fun, let’s go to the movie today.

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Question 21 pts
Which is an example of a complex sentence?
Group of answer choices

I really wanted to go, but I thought it would be best to stay home.

I really wanted to go but stayed home.

I really wanted to go.

Although I really wanted to go, I thought it would be best to stay home.

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Question 31 pts
What makes the following sentence unclear?
I had hoped to finish the race and win a medal, but I didn’t.
Group of answer choices

It’s a simple sentence and doesn’t need a comma.

There are two possible meanings to the last part of the sentence.

It is an incomplete sentence and therefore a fragment.

Nothing. The sentence contains no errors.

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Question 41 pts
What makes the following sentence unclear?Because the shoes didn’t fit my feet, I had to throw them out.
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There should not be a comma between the two clauses.

The dependent clause modifies the wrong word.

Nothing. The sentence contains no errors.

The dependent clause is incomplete.

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Question 51 pts
Which of the answers below makes the following simple sentences into one compound sentence?
Lisa hoped to enter the dance contest. She sprained her ankle.
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Lisa hoped to enter the dance contest; she sprained her ankle.

Although she sprained her ankle, Lisa hoped to enter the dance contest.

Lisa hoped to enter the dance contest, but she sprained her ankle.

Although Lisa hoped to enter the dance contest, she sprained her ankle.

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Question 61 pts
Which sentence combines these three simple sentences into one complex sentence?

The picnic was ruined. The ants had destroyed it. We went home.
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We went home and the ants destroyed the picnic.

The ants had destroyed the picnic and we went home.

After the ants had destroyed our picnic, we went home.

The picnic was ruined by ants so we went home.

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Question 71 pts
Which revised version makes the original sentence much clearer?

Original: After finishing our project in class, our teacher asked for our presentation.
Group of answer choices

After we finished our project in class, our teacher asked us to turn it in.

After finishing our project in class, our presentation was asked for.

The sentence is correct as it is written.

The teacher asked for our presentation after finishing our project in class.

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Question 81 pts
How would you divide the following too-long sentence to make it more readable?
We leaped over rocks and splashed in the creek and finally returned home to our waiting parents.
Group of answer choices

We leaped over rocks. We splashed in the creek. And finally returned home to our waiting parents.

We leaped over rocks and splashed in the creek. We finally returned home. To our waiting parents.

We leaped over rocks and splashed in the creek. Then we finally returned home to our waiting parents.

We leaped over rocks we splashed in the creek. And finally returned. Home to our waiting parents.

Answer 1

Here are the correct choices:

1) We should go first to the beach and then to a movie.
2) Although I really wanted to go, I thought it would be best to stay home.
3) There are two possible meanings to the last part of the sentence.
4) Nothing. The sentence contains no errors.
5) Lisa hoped to enter the dance contest, but she sprained her ankle.
6) After the ants had destroyed our picnic, we went home.
7) After we finished our project in class, our teacher asked us to turn it in.
8) We leaped over rocks and splashed in the creek. Then we finally returned home to our waiting parents.