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Compound and Complex Sentences — Quiz Answers

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Read the excerpt. Because the endangered panthers living in the forests need large, connected territories to roam. What is the best review of this excerpt?

A
The excerpt does not need revision because it contains an independent clause that completes the writer’s thought.
B
The excerpt should be revised because it contains a dependent clause that leaves the writer’s thought unfinished.
C
The excerpt should be revised because it contains an independent clause that leaves the writer’s thought unfinished.
D
The excerpt does not need revision because it contains a dependent clause that completes the writer’s thought.
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Read the excerpt. After a strenuous climb, the hikers decided to make camp before reaching the summit; night was approaching rapidly. Which statement most accurately describes this excerpt?

A
It contains two dependent clauses.
B
It contains two independent clauses.
C
It contains three dependent clauses.
D
It contains three independent clauses.
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Read the excerpt. At the beginning of the mission, since our priority was to identify the origin of the alien’s signal. What is the most accurate way to describe the excerpt?

A
It is a complex sentence.
B
It is a dependent clause.
C
It is a compound sentence.
D
It is an independent clause.
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Which contains an independent clause?

A
When the player, in an extraordinary move, went charging down the field.
B
While the team made their play, the frenzied crowd cheered them to victory.
C
As the uproar from the delirious fans exploded jubilantly through the stadium.
D
Because the tragic fumble was scored by the visiting team in the last minute.
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A compound sentence contains

A
two or more dependent clauses.
B
two dependent clauses and one independent clause.
C
two independent clauses and one dependent clause.
D
two or more independent clauses.
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Which is a dependent clause?

A
dodging frantically, a valet ran through the crowd and into the theater
B
dashing after him, two police officers plowed through the lobby crowd
C
during intermission, while we were discussing the performance
D
discussing the commotion, we decided it was more exciting than the play
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Read the sentence. Roland, the artist, brilliantly captured the fading pastel light on his canvas, and he preserved the sunset for future generations to enjoy. Which statement correctly describes the sentence?

A
It is two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction.
B
It is one independent clause and one dependent clause.
C
It is one long independent clause.
D
It is two dependent clauses joined by a subordinating conjunction.
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Which word signals a nonrestrictive clause in a complex sentence?

A
which
B
yet
C
that
D
while
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Both independent and dependent clauses

A
have a subject and verb.
B
express complete thoughts.
C
do not express complete thoughts.
D
do not have a subject but do have a verb.

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