Read the following sentences and state whether they are simple, complex or compound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A simple sentence<\/strong> consists of just one clause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A complex sentence<\/strong> consists of one independent clause and one or more dependent (subordinate) clauses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A compound sentence<\/strong> consists of two or more coordinate (independent) clauses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Exercise<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. We were playing in the garden when the guests arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. She put on her coat and went out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. I can\u2019t figure out what he wants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. You don\u2019t look happy to see me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. The cat saw the puppies playing in the garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. She leaned out of the window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. You shouldn\u2019t have done this to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8. They tried very hard but they couldn\u2019t win the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9. Who let the cat in?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10. Although it was raining, we went for a walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. We were playing in the garden when the guests arrived. (Complex sentence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. She put on her coat and went out. (Compound sentence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. I can\u2019t figure out what he wants. (Complex sentence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. You don\u2019t look happy to see me. (Simple sentence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. The cat saw the puppies playing in the garden. (Simple sentence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. She leaned out of the window. (Simple sentence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. You shouldn\u2019t have done this to me. (Simple sentence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8. They tried very hard but they couldn\u2019t win the match. (Compound sentence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9. Who let the cat in? (Simple sentence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10. Although it was raining, we went for a walk. (Complex sentence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read the following sentences and state whether they are simple, complex or compound. A simple sentence consists of just one clause. A complex sentence consists of one independent clause and one or more dependent...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[243],"tags":[255],"class_list":["post-1625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-7-worksheets","tag-cbse-class-7-worksheets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1625"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76365,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1625\/revisions\/76365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Answers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Simple Sentence, Complex Sentence and Compound Sentence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n