Directions: Identify whether the sentence is simple, complex, compound, or compound-complex. 1) Once I get home from school, I'm going to take a nap compound-complex
2) Being alone can be scary unless you keep yourself busy
3) Justin enjoys fishing at the lake with his family on the weekends.
I 4) Crossing the street can be dangerous, so you must look both ways.
5) Whenever I go to the mall, I spend all of my money on things I don't need.
6) I can't go to the party because I got in trouble, but it would have been fun
7) Mom said I can go to the museum with you, but I have to be home early
8) Todd and Nick are eating chips on a park bench.
9) I can perform a dance for the talent show, or I can recite a poem.
10) Until I master the art of karate, I will train hard everyday.
11) Since pizza is your favorite food, I bought some for dinner, and it's from Tony's Famous
Pizzeria
12) The popular boy band released their new album last night.
13) My sister studies spiders all of the time, for she finds them interesting
14) Vanessa worked on her Science project until midnight
15) While the Smith family was out of town, Jonah fed their pet cats.

1) CPX

2) CPX

3) S

4) CPD

5) CPX

6) CC

7) CPD

8) CPD

9) CPD

10) CPX

11) CC

12) S

13) CPD

14) S

15) CPX

Explanation:

A simple sentence has only one independent clause. (Subject + Verb)

A complex sentence is an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses using subordinating conjunctions.

A compound sentence has two independent clauses joined using coordinating conjunctions.

A compound-complex sentence has two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.

Coordinating conjunctions are FANBOYS:

F = for

A = and

N = nor

B = but

O = or

Y = yet

S = so

There is actually a long list of Subordinating conjunctions that can determine if it is a Complex sentence, comment below if you want it.

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