7, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16 = incorrect
14 = ?
Are you clear on how to identify types of sentences?
Can you check the following?
Find the verb phrase
1. Will you buy me a drink?
ans: will buy
2. Sam is not going to the dance.
ans: is going
3. Al should have mowed the lawn today. ans: should have mowed
4. Theresa will be playing her clarinet at the concert tonight.
ans: will be playing
5. Rosie could have worked on that project today.
ans: could have worked
6. Tony and Jim have been chosen as finalists at the science fair.
ans: have been chosen
7. My grandmother has carefully repaired the broken vase.
ans: repaired
8. Maria will probably leave for New York on Wednesday.
ans: will leave
Identify whether it is a simple (ss), compound (cd), complex (cx), or compound-complex (cd-cx).
9. I like spring in Idaho even though spring seems to be the shortest season of the four.
ans: cx (complex)
10. I enjoy it because the temperature is pleasant, and everything is green and pretty.
ans: cx (complex)
11. I also love to hear the birds singing in the trees and to watch them building their nests.
ans: cd (compound)
12. Especially when I see the swallows returning to their mud-daubed nests, I know that summer is coming.
ans: cx (complex)
13. In the springtime the days are longer, and the sun shines through the windows, warming my soul with its rays after the gloomy gray days of winter.
ans: cd-cx (compound complex)
14. I can accept the rain and wind since I know that these two elements are important to water the earth and then to dry it back out again.
ans:
15. With the rain and sunshine come the flowers, and their bright colors brighten my life.
ans: cx (complex)
16. The wind is sometimes a little bit too much around here; otherwise, there are very few major problems with this season of awakening and hope.
ans: cd-cx (compound complex)
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10. I enjoy it because the temperature is pleasant, and everything is green and pretty.
ans: cd (compound)
11. I also love to hear the birds singing in the trees and to watch them building their nests.
ans: ss (simple sentence)
10. I enjoy it because the temperature is pleasant, and everything is green and pretty.
ans: cd (compound)
11. I also love to hear the birds singing in the trees and to watch them building their nests.
ans: ss (simple sentence)