Compound and Complex Sentences

Question 1

A compound sentence contains

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two or more independent clauses.

Question 2

Read the excerpt.Because the endangered panthers living in the forests need large, connected territories to roam.

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The excerpt should be revised because it contains a dependent clause that leaves the writer’s thought unfinished.

Question 3

Read the excerpt.At the beginning of the mission, since our priority was to identify the origin of the alien’s signal.

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It is a dependent clause.

Question 4

Which is a dependent clause?

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during intermission, while we were discussing the performance

Question 5

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.

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It is two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction.

Question 6

One way to punctuate a compound sentence correctly is to join the two independent clauses with

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a semicolon.

Question 7

coloncommaperiodsemicolon

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comma

Question 8

Read the excerpt.After a strenuous climb, the hikers decided to make camp before reaching the summit; night was approaching rapidly.

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It contains two independent clauses.

Question 9

complex sentencecompound sentencedependent clauseindependent clause

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dependent clause

Question 10

Which word signals a nonrestrictive clause in a complex sentence?

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which

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