Sentence Types
Identify each of the following sentences as either simple (S), compound (CP), or complex
(CX) (1 point each):
1. Sheila doesn't want it, but she has already paid.
2. The dogs did not listen to their owner when he called them.
3.
S Your reasons are completely inadequate.
4.I'll stay with the baby and you can go to the store.
5.We are enjoying dinner at this restaurant.
6. Connor was concerned about what those people thought.
7. S You do not have a good excuse for not going.
8.
Please put the dishes in the sink by the others.
9. The child we are testing at 10:00 is not here yet.
10.I dropped my phone in the sink yesterday.
11. The teacher, Alex Jones, is supposed to be really nice.
12. Please let me know when you get there.
13. I had to stay home because I had a terrible migraine. CP-?
14. She went to the party but her friends were not there.
15.Our friends are going to stop by later, but they can't stay for dinner.
16. Tom will go, so you don't have to.
Hannah
17 They'll announce soon that he is the winner.
18. The basket fell when I was cooking.