Types of Sentence Structures Quiz
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The night sky was clear, but we did not see a single shooting star.
A. simple
B. compound
C. complex
D. compound-complex
After we fell asleep, raccoons invaded our campsite, but we awoke and chased them away.
A. simple
B. compound
C. complex
D. compound-complex
Rusty went inside, and he applied for a job.
A. simple
B. compound
C. complex
D. compound-complex
I will help you, if I can, yet I know little about making jelly.
A. simple
B. compound
C. complex
D. compound-complex
Since it takes approximately one thousand years for a used printer cartridge to decompose, recycling these plastic ink dispensers helps the environment.
A. simple
B. compound
C. complex
D. compound-complex
The right hemisphere of the human brain typically controls muscle movement on the left side of the body.
A. simple
B. compound
C. complex
D. compound-complex
Barbara was an acrobat in the circus.
A. simple
B. compound
C. complex
D. compound-complex
As I watched the girls, Susan planted the tulips, and Jessie planted the daffodils.
A. simple
B. compound
C. complex
D. compound-complex
The platypus has venom-producing glands, which are rare among mammals, but its venom is not generally lethal to humans.
A. simple
B. compound
C. complex
D. compound-complex
As Tucker sat down on the rickety old chair, it abruptly collapsed beneath him.
A. simple
B. compound
C. complex
D. compound-complex
We continued our vacation trip when the dense fog lifted.
A. simple
B. compound
C. complex
D. compound-complex
My aunt and uncle have retired to Florida.
A. simple
B. compound
C. complex
D. compound-complex
Leonardo da Vinci, who was a renowned painter and sculptor, was also an inventor and scientist.
A. simple
B. compound
C. complex
D. compound-complex
If you read about Charlemagne, you will discover that he was a brilliant ruler.
A. simple
B. compound
C. complex
D. compound-complex
After a parrotfish eats algae-covered coral, the coral travels through the fish’s digestive system, and then it is deposited in the reef as white coral sand.
A. simple
B. compound
C. complex
D. compound-complex