Question

Match these items

a. Compound sentence
b. Complex sentence
c. Simple sentence
d. Compound-complex sentence

1. A sentence that contains only one subject and one verb.
2. Two or more simple sentences put together with either a semi-colon, or a comma and a conjunction.
3. A sentence that consists of one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
4. Two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.

Answer 1

one subject, one verb -- simple sentence

2 or more simple sentences, put together with a semi-colon or comma or conjunction -- compound sentence

one independent clause, one or more dependent clauses -- complex sentence

2 or more independent clauses and 1 or more dependent ones -- compound-complex sentences