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What type of sentence is 'Vampires Dairies is my favorite television show, but I also love True Blood'?
What type of sentence is 'The trendy fashion designer released her new line on Wednesday'?
Simple
What type of sentence is 'Trina and Hareem went to a bar in Hollywood to celebrate their anniversary'?
Simple
What type of sentence is 'Wicked Regina cast a spell on the entire city, so the citizens decided to rebel'?
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What type of sentence is 'While waiting for the paint to dry, Angela went to Home Depot, and Martin organized the kitchen appliances'?
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What type of sentence is 'After the teacher chose groups, John and Sara were selected as partners for a project, yet Sarah did most of the work'?
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What type of sentence is 'Unless he shows, we have to close up the shop'?
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What type of sentence is 'Once I finished lunch, I saw the surprise'?
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What type of sentence is 'My father retired from the Air Force last year he is writing a book about his experiences'?
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What type of sentence is 'Jeff mowed the grass this morning, tonight he will water the flowers and bushes'?
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What type of sentence is 'The small girl seemed to be lost, she was crying and looking for her mother'?
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What type of sentence is 'Mrs. Dawson inherited a large sum of money from her brother so she can buy a new car now'?
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What type of sentence is 'I can never beat my little brother at video games, he has them all mastered'?
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What type of sentence is 'Dave is flying to Orlando for spring break so he will be gone a week'?
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What type of sentence is 'We are moving to Cincinnati in July, I'll go to school there'?
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What type of sentence is 'Taking a canoe trip in Canada'?
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What type of sentence is 'As we rounded a bend in the river'?
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What type of sentence is 'The excitement of shooting the rapids'?
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What type of sentence is 'From the beginning of the rapids to the end'?
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What type of sentence is 'Since she was walking aimlessly about and rubbing her hands'?
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Study Notes
Sentence Types
- Compound Sentence: Contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (e.g., “and,” “but,” “so”).
- Simple Sentence: Consists of only one independent clause with no dependent clauses.
- Complex Sentence: Comprises one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
- Compound-Complex Sentence: Includes at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
- Run-on Sentence: Occurs when two or more independent clauses are improperly connected without punctuation or conjunctions.
- Fragment: An incomplete sentence that lacks a main clause.
Examples
- Vampires Diaries...True Blood: Compound
- The trendy fashion designer...Wednesday: Simple
- Trina and Hareem...anniversary: Simple
- Wicked Regina...rebell: Compound
- While waiting...kitchen appliances: Compound-Complex
- After the teacher...work: Compound-Complex
- Unless he shows...shop: Complex
- Once I finished...surprise: Complex
- My father...experiences: Run-on
- Jeff mowed...bushes: Run-on
- The small girl...mother: Run-on
- Mrs. Dawson...buy a new car now: Run-on
- I can never beat...mastered: Run-on
- Dave is flying...a week: Run-on
- We are moving...there: Run-on
- Taking a canoe trip in Canada: Fragment
- As we rounded a bend in the river: Fragment
- The excitement of shooting the rapids: Fragment
- From the beginning of the rapids to the end: Fragment
- Since she was walking aimlessly...: Fragment
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