Name:____________________________________________

Date: _________________________________________

Name:____________________________________________
Date: _________________________________________

A. Directions: Identify whether the underlined clause is independent or dependent. Write your answer on the space
provided.

A. Directions: Identify whether the underlined clause is independent or dependent. Write your answer on the space
provided.

_____________________ 1. After the two soccer players lost their game, they joined their other teammates for
lunch, and they went to the movies.

_____________________ 1. After the two soccer players lost their game, they joined their other teammates for
lunch, and they went to the movies.

_____________________ 2. The man believed in the system, and he knew that justice would prevail after the
murderer was sent to jail.

_____________________ 2. The man believed in the system, and he knew that justice would prevail after the
murderer was sent to jail.

_____________________ 3. Vampires Diaries is my favorite television show, but I also love True Blood.

_____________________ 3. Vampires Diaries is my favorite television show, but I also love True Blood.

_____________________ 4. After the teacher chose groups, John and Sara were selected as partners for a project,
yet Sarah did most of the work.

_____________________ 4. After the teacher chose groups, John and Sara were selected as partners for a project,
yet Sarah did most of the work.

_____________________ 5. While waiting for the paint to dry, Angela went to Home Depot, and Martin organized
the kitchen appliances.

_____________________ 5. While waiting for the paint to dry, Angela went to Home Depot, and Martin organized
the kitchen appliances.

B. Directions: Identify these sentences by writing Simple, Compound, Compound-Complex, or Complex on the space
provided.

B. Directions: Identify these sentences by writing Simple, Compound, Compound-Complex, or Complex on the space
provided.

___________________ 1. Pauline and Bruno have a big argument every summer over where they should spend
their summer vacation.

___________________ 1. Pauline and Bruno have a big argument every summer over where they should spend
their summer vacation.

___________________ 2. Pauline loves to go to the beach and spend her days sunbathing.

___________________ 2. Pauline loves to go to the beach and spend her days sunbathing.

___________________ 3. Bruno, on the other hand, likes the view that he gets from the log cabin up in the
mountains, and he enjoys hiking in the forest.

___________________ 3. Bruno, on the other hand, likes the view that he gets from the log cabin up in the
mountains, and he enjoys hiking in the forest.

___________________ 4. Pauline says there is nothing relaxing about chopping wood, swatting mosquitoes, and
cooking over a woodstove.

___________________ 4. Pauline says there is nothing relaxing about chopping wood, swatting mosquitoes, and
cooking over a woodstove.

___________________ 5. Bruno dislikes sitting on the beach; he always gets a nasty sunburn.

___________________ 5. Bruno dislikes sitting on the beach; he always gets a nasty sunburn.

___________________ 6. Bruno tends to get bored sitting on the beach, watching the waves, getting sand in his
swimsuit, and reading detective novels for a week.

___________________ 6. Bruno tends to get bored sitting on the beach, watching the waves, getting sand in his
swimsuit, and reading detective novels for a week.

___________________ 7. This year, after a lengthy, noisy debate, they decided to take separate vacations.

___________________ 7. This year, after a lengthy, noisy debate, they decided to take separate vacations.

___________________ 8. Bruno went to the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and Pauline went to Cape Cod.

___________________ 8. Bruno went to the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and Pauline went to Cape Cod.

___________________ 9. Although they are 250 miles apart, they keep in constant contact on the internet.

___________________ 9. Although they are 250 miles apart, they keep in constant contact on the internet.

___________________ 10. Bruno took the desktop computer that he uses at work, and Pauline sits on the beach
with her laptop computer, which she connects to the internet with a cellular phone.

___________________ 10. Bruno took the desktop computer that he uses at work, and Pauline sits on the beach
with her laptop computer, which she connects to the internet with a cellular phone.

C. Underline the dependent clause/s and encircle the independent clause/s in each sentence below, then identify
whether each sentence is simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. Write your answer on the space
provided.

C. Underline the dependent clause/s and encircle the independent clause/s in each sentence below, then identify
whether each sentence is simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. Write your answer on the space
provided.

1. I know you don't like him, but that doesn't matter. ________________________________

1. I know you don't like him, but that doesn't matter. ________________________________

2. Eric ran home the rest of the way because he knew he was in trouble. _______________________________

2. Eric ran home the rest of the way because he knew he was in trouble. _______________________________

3. Her left arm was badly broken at the wrist during the car accident. ______________________________

3. Her left arm was badly broken at the wrist during the car accident. ______________________________

4. While the music played, Rachel sneaked in through the side door. ______________________________

4. While the music played, Rachel sneaked in through the side door. ______________________________

5. Since we had only gone a mile from camp, we could turn back before dark. _________________________

5. Since we had only gone a mile from camp, we could turn back before dark. _________________________