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The document contains three exercises that test the ability to identify different sentence types: simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex. The first exercise provides 10 sentences from a story about a couple, Pauline and Bruno, who argue each year about where to spend their summer vacation. Students must identify each sentence as one of the sentence types. The second and third exercises each contain 10 additional sentences for students to analyze and identify as simple, compound, or complex based on their grammatical structure.

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Exercise Sentence Type

The document contains three exercises that test the ability to identify different sentence types: simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex. The first exercise provides 10 sentences from a story about a couple, Pauline and Bruno, who argue each year about where to spend their summer vacation. Students must identify each sentence as one of the sentence types. The second and third exercises each contain 10 additional sentences for students to analyze and identify as simple, compound, or complex based on their grammatical structure.

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Sentence Type Exercise 1 http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgishl/quiz.pl/sentence_types_quiz.htm 1.

Pauline and Bruno have a big argument every summer over where they should spend their summer vacation. A. Simple Sentence B. Compound Sentence C. Complex Sentence D. Compound-Complex Sentence 2. Pauline loves to go to the beach and spend her days sunbathing. A. Simple Sentence B. Compound Sentence C. Complex Sentence D. Compound-Complex Sentence 3. Bruno, on the other hand, likes the view that he gets from the log cabin up in the mountains, and he enjoys hiking in the forest. A. Simple Sentence B. Compound Sentence C. Complex Sentence D. Compound-Complex Sentence 4. Pauline says there is nothing relaxing about chopping wood, swatting mosquitoes, and cooking over a woodstove. A. Simple Sentence B. Compound Sentence C. Complex Sentence D. Compound-Complex Sentence 5. Bruno dislikes sitting on the beach; he always gets a nasty sunburn. A. Simple Sentence B. Compound Sentence C. Complex Sentence D. Compound-Complex Sentence 6. Bruno tends to get bored sitting on the beach, watching the waves, getting sand in his swimsuit, and reading detective novels for a week. A. Simple Sentence

B. Compound Sentence C. Complex Sentence D. Compound-Complex Sentence 7. This year, after a lengthy, noisy debate, they decided to take separate vacations. A. Simple Sentence B. Compound Sentence C. Complex Sentence D. Compound-Complex Sentence 8. Bruno went to the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and Pauline went to Cape Cod. A. Simple Sentence B. Compound Sentence C. Complex Sentence D. Compound-Complex Sentence 9. Although they are 250 miles apart, they keep in constant contact on the internet. A. Simple Sentence B. Compound Sentence C. Complex Sentence D. Compound-Complex Sentence 10. Bruno took the desktop computer that he uses at work, and Pauline sits on the beach with her laptop computer, which she connects to the internet with a cellular phone. A. Simple Sentence B. Compound Sentence C. Complex Sentence D. Compound-Complex Sentence

Exercise 2 http://www2.elc.polyu.edu.hk/cill/eap/2004/u1/sentencetypes.htm Analyse the following sentences. Identify which are simple, compound and complex sentences, and also the coordinating and subordinating words.

1. The

writer

of

the

book

thinks

that

people

on

welfare

are

sometimes stigmatised in society. (Complex) 2. Many citizens are dissatisfied with the government as they are experiencing unprecedented economic difficulties. (Complex) 3. University chiefs these days spend much of their time on fund-raising and publicity activities. (Simple) 4. Students need good time management at university since they have numerous classes to attend and extra-curricular activities to take part in. (Complex) 5. I queued for over an hour at the counter but still could not get a ticket. (Compound) 6. The findings clearly indicate that more (not less) money should be allocated to the tertiary education sector if Hong Kong is to remain a truly international city. (Complex) 7. John passed but Ken failed. (Compound) 8. The student representatives will meet the university management next week. (Complex) 9. Mother Teresa, who dedicated her life to helping the poor and needy, died a few years ago. (Complex) 10. I finished the assignment early and took time to visit my grandparents in Tuen Mun. (Simple) Exercise 3 http://site.iugaza.edu.ps/rareer/english-resources/sentence-type-exercisesand-quizzes 1. Although it started to rain, we decided to continue our walk. (Complex) 2. There were books on the floor, under the table, and all about the room. (Simple) 3. She was going to school full-time and hoped to graduate in June. (Simple)

4. Transportation came to a halt as the steadily falling snow accumulated faster than the snow plows could clear it away. (Complex) 5. Marie and Bill and I stayed up until four in the morning. (Simple) 6. Unless conditions change for her, she will spend the rest of her life working for minimum wage in a dusty mill; there are thousands of women like her. (Simple) 7. She wanted to go, but her child was sick. (Compound) 8. Joe is smart; he will go far. (Compound) 9. As soon as Dick started a coin collection, his brother bought an album of rare stamps. (Compound) 10. Nature is her passion in life, and colleagues say that she is a skilled naturalist. (Compound)

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