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What is the structure of the sentence: 'Ray left forward to seeing his cousins, Joe was eager to play with his uncle's band'?
What is the structure of the sentence: 'In the early days, professional storytellers went from house to house, and they were paid for their storytelling with small gifts'?
What is the structure of the sentence: 'Their reports captured the interest of the nation, and Congress quickly acted to preserve the region as a national park'?
What is the structure of the sentence: 'If they took a train, they could see all the sights'?
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What is the structure of the sentence: 'The boys wanted to take a vacation last summer'?
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What is the structure of the sentence: 'The museum is the international museum of children's art, which occupies a big, old house in Oslo'?
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What is the structure of the sentence: 'Because Philo T. Fransworth helped invent television, his name is in encyclopedias'?
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What is the structure of the sentence: 'The first recorded trip to the Yellowstone geysers was made in 1807 by John Colter'?
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What is the structure of the sentence: 'A statue of Buddha in Tokyo, Japan, is the world's tallest statue'?
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What is the structure of the sentence: 'He eats people, because he cannot be killed in any ordinary way, he is especially frightening'?
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Study Notes
Sentence Structure Classification
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Compound Sentences: Two or more independent clauses joined by a conjunction.
- Example: "Ray left forward to seeing his cousins, Joe was eager to play with his uncle's band."
- Example: "Their reports captured the interest of the nation, and Congress quickly acted to preserve the region as a national Park."
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Compound-Complex Sentences: At least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
- Example: "In the early days, professional storytellers wandered from house to house, and they were paid for their storytelling with small gifts."
- Example: "He eats people, because he cannot be killed in any ordinary way, he is especially frightening."
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Complex Sentences: One independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
- Example: "If they took a train, they could see all the sites."
- Example: "The museum is the international museum of children's art, which occupies a big, old house in Oslo."
- Example: "Because Philo T. Fransworth helped invent television, his name is in encyclopedias."
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Simple Sentences: Contains a subject and a verb, and expresses a complete thought.
- Example: "The boys wanted to take a vacation last summer."
- Example: "The first recorded trip to the Yellowstone geysers was made in 1807 by John Colter."
- Example: "A statue of Buddha in Tokyo, Japan, is the world’s tallest statue."
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This quiz features flashcards designed to help you classify sentences based on their structure. Each card presents a sentence along with its defined structure, such as 'Compound' or 'Compound-Complex'. Test your understanding of grammatical classifications with these examples.
