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Usage and Grammar: Sentence Structure — Simple, Compound, Complex and Compound-Complex Sentences
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Question 1 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

Which of the following is a simple sentence?

  1. A. The dog barked, and the cat ran away.
  2. B. Although it was raining, we went outside.
  3. C. The tall, energetic children played happily in the yard.
  4. D. She studied hard because she wanted to pass.
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✓ Answer: CC. The tall, energetic children played happily in the yard.
A simple sentence contains one independent clause with a subject and a predicate. Option C has one subject ('The tall, energetic children') and one predicate ('played happily in the yard'), making it a simple sentence. The other options contain conjunctions that link multiple clauses.
Question 2 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

Identify the sentence type: 'Marcus finished his homework, but he forgot to submit it.'

  1. A. Simple sentence
  2. B. Complex sentence
  3. C. Compound sentence
  4. D. Compound-complex sentence
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✓ Answer: CC. Compound sentence
This is a compound sentence because it contains two independent clauses ('Marcus finished his homework' and 'he forgot to submit it') joined by the coordinating conjunction 'but'. Neither clause contains a subordinating conjunction or dependent clause.
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