Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences

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Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences

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A simple sentence has...
one independent clause and no dependent clauses
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A complex sentence has...
one independent clause and at least one dependent clause
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A compound-complex sentence has...
at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause
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A compound sentence has...
at least two independent clauses and no dependent clauses
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An independent clause can best be described as...
a clause that could stand on its own as a complete sentence.
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A dependent clause can be best described as...
a clause that needs to be linked to another type of clause to be complete
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I was born on Chinese New Year.
Simple
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I was happy, because I was always loved and respected.
Compound
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They hoped that I would be the happiest girl in the world.
Complex
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We were having music class, but we couldn't keep our minds on the teacher's directions.
Compound
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When she finished, she spoke quietly with Principal Long.
Complex
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I went back to class, but I could not remember the song we were singing.
Compound
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Someone told me that the principal wanted to see me.
Complex
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The office door was heavy.
Simple
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I recognized Wang Qi, and I knew Xiao-fan, though I didn't know the other boy.
Compound-complex
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Our apartment was bright, warm, and welcoming.
Simple
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When the Liberation Army woman saw my back bend, she just loved it.
Complex
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Principal Long told us that it would be competitive.
Complex
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What's that?
Simple
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My mouth was full, so I stretched out my arm.
Compound
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Like a tree with only one trunk
Fragment (incomplete)
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Many of the original inhabitants still lived there, although now each building was shared by several families.
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Many of the original inhabitants still lived there, although now each building was shared by several families.
Complex
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Our beloved Chairman Mao had started the Cultural Revolution in May.
Simple
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We dropped our books and rushed out with her.
Simple
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The man kept arching his foot, as if the pebbles on the sidewalk hurt him.
Complex
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A few times he bit his lips.
Simple
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They are detrimental to the revolution, so we must oppose them resolutely.
Compound
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Although the boy tried twice, the girl waved her scissors with unconcealed delight, and she deftly cut the man's pants leg open.
Compound-complex
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The guilty person was a handsome man in his early thirties.
Simple
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With many pauses.
Fragment (incomplete)
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As it turned out, I came down with a fever, so I stayed home for ten days.
Compound-complex
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Classes had started again.
Simple
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At first I couldn't answer.
Simple
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One after another they continued to criticize me.
Simple
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We graduated.
Simple
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As the match flared, I saw Du Hai sitting in rapt attention.
Complex
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Jia Hong was famous all over the district, because she had led a group of Red Guards on a fifteen-day march into the countryside to spread word the Cultural Revolution, and none of the boys had been able to outwalk her.
Compound-complex