Assignment: Sentence Types

Identify each type of sentence and then explain your choice briefly.

Simple, Complex,
N compound or
Sentence Justification
o. Compound
Complex?
1 Steven walked to the train Simple no conjunction
station.

2 Maria had forgotten to pick up simple no conjunction

her school bag.

3 Maria had forgotten to pick up compound got “so” the conjunction

her school bag, so she had no
lunch.

4 It rained for three days, so the coumpund got “so” the conjunction
streets in my neighbourhood
flooded.

5 The bus, which had been stuck in simple no conjunction

traffic, was forty minutes late
picking up the group.

6. While searching for a light, he complex got :while”, “and “

kicked something on the floor, compound
and discovered it was an empty
bottle.

7. Jim slowly roamed the empty compound got: “but”, “since”

streets, but he never found complex
anyone since the city was
evacuated.
8. Mildred and Ann could arrange compund got the “and”
the pictures in a special album.

9. Even though his heart was complex got the “even though”,
pounding, Jim raced up the stairs, compound “and”
and he checked out the strange
noise.
10 Jason stayed up late because he simple no conjunction and any
. was playing video games. “complex” word

(10 marks)