Simple And Compound Sentences Quiz
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What type of sentence is the following sentence?Cheyenne's speech was very funny.
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Simple
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Compound
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About This Quiz
There are 3 types of sentences in English, simple, compound and complex. Simple and compound sentences can be confusing to a person. Simple sentences have one independent clause whereas compound sentences have more than one. The test below will help you see just how well you understand or differentiate the different sentences.
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Coordinating conjunctions help join simple sentences to make compound sentences.
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True
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False
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A. TrueExplanation
*##*CORRECT!!!*##*This is "true" because coordinating conjunctions such as "and", "or", or "but" and other coordinating conjunctions help join two complete thoughts or simple sentences into compound sentences that express multiple thoughts in one sentence.Rate this question:
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What type of sentence is the following sentence?Maddie won the contest n math class, and the other students congratulated her.
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Compound
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Simple
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A. CompoundExplanation
This is a compound sentence because it is joined by the coordinating conjunction "and"Rate this question:
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A simple sentence is also what type of clause?
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independent clause, independentExplanation
*##*CORRECT!!!*##*independent clause because an independent clause can stand by itself as a complete sentence.Rate this question:
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The mischievous puppy chased its tail, _______ (bark) excitedly.
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barking
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