Sentence Patterns: Part 2

Master compound-complex sentences! Practice identifying sentence types and clauses.

Now that you understand simple and complex sentences, please read about complex and compound-complex sentences in the chart below:A complex sentence is composed of one independent clause and one subordinate clause joined by a subordinate conjunction.These are some common subordinating conjunctions:Acompound-complex sentence is the most complicated type of sentence. It is composed of one or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clause connected by a coordinating conjunction. You may remember that coordinating conjunctions also connect clauses in acompound sentence. Identify each sentence presented below: simple The new student arrived to school early. My grandfather and I love to play chess. His sister walks dogs and grooms cats. Macy loves pandas. Aneesha likes Riverdale. compound I love the smell of the ocean, for it reminds me of my childhood. Mindy is going to surf camp this summer, and she will go to ski camp in the winter. I really want to go on a cruise in the Caribbean, but I get really sick on boats. You can drive across the country in a few days, or you can fly across the country in six hours. Eric wants to know how to speak Spanish, so he is going to spend a semester living in Argentina. Complex Lola will miss the opening act since she was stuck in traffic. Since we want to go on vacation this summer, my family made a budget to save money. He stood proudly as if he had painted the masterpiece himself. Martin and Steve will go to the water park unless there is a really severe thunderstorm. After we bake the cakes and pies for the bake sale, you can wrap them up and deliver them. Compound-Complex Kate doesn’t like cartoons because they are loud, so she doesn’t watch them. The dog started barking so the cat ran away and I couldn’t keep up, so I stopped. Usually I take a walk every day while the sun sets, but it was raining today. She likes to sleep in but she can get up early if she has work. Steve forgot his friend's birthday, so he sent her a card when he finally remembered.