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Simple or Compound Sentences Exercises

This document provides examples of simple and compound sentences and asks the reader to identify which type of sentence is being used. It also asks the reader to write examples of their own, including a compound sentence using "nor" or "yet", a simple sentence with a compound subject, and a simple sentence with a compound predicate.

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Simple or Compound Sentences Exercises

This document provides examples of simple and compound sentences and asks the reader to identify which type of sentence is being used. It also asks the reader to write examples of their own, including a compound sentence using "nor" or "yet", a simple sentence with a compound subject, and a simple sentence with a compound predicate.

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Name _______________________ Date ____________________

Simple or Compound Sentence?


 A simple sentence contains one independent clause.
 A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined
together with a comma and a coordinating conjunction or a
semicolon.

Directions: Write S for simple or C for compound in the blank.

C 1. My dog eats fruit of any kind, but she will not eat meat or cheese.
____

C 2. The new rug in the living room is beautiful, but it does not match the
____

furniture.

S
____ 3. Kelly applied for a job in accounting at the new medical facility in town.

S 4. My mother mopped and waxed the hardwood floors in our house.


____

C 5. I went to the store without a list, so I bought all junk food.


____

C
____ 6. Bosco chased his tail, but he never did catch it.

S
____ 7. Minnie traveled through Europe and explored many interesting castles.
S
____ 8. The flowers in the garden behind our house are in full bloom at this time

. 9. Write a compound sentence using the coordinating conjunction nor.

There were not enough eggs for my breakfast, nor did I have money to buy more.
______________________________________________________________

10. Write a compound sentence using the coordinating conjunction yet.

It was raining a lot, yet she was wearing a very short skirt.
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11. Write a simple sentence with a compound subject.

My sister and your brother are cooking a delicious Peruvian meal for our grandfather's birthday.
______________________________________________________________

12. Write a simple sentence with a compound predicate.

My best friend Angie can paint magnificent landscapes and draw amazing cartoons.
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Name _______________________ Date ____________________

Answer Key
Directions: Write S for simple or C for compound in the blank.

C 1. My dog eats fruit of any kind, but she will not eat meat or cheese.

C 2. The new rug in the living room is beautiful, but it does not match the

furniture.

S 3. Kelly applied for a job in accounting at the new medical facility in town.

S 4. My mother mopped and waxed the hardwood floors in our house.

C 5. I went to the store without a list, so I bought all junk food.

C 6. Bosco chased his tail, but he never did catch it.

S 7. Minnie traveled through Europe and explored many interesting castles.

S 8. The flowers in the garden behind our house are in full bloom at this time.

9. Write a compound sentence using the coordinating conjunction nor.

ANSWERS WILL VARY.

10. Write a compound sentence using the coordinating conjunction yet.

______________________________________________________________

11. Write a simple sentence with a compound subject.

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12. Write a simple sentence with a compound predicate.

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© This worksheet is from www.teach-nology.com 

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