Worksheet for identifying simple, compound, and complex sentences.

Let’s go through each question one by one, using simple rules about sentence types.

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Question 1:
*What type of sentence contains 1 subject and 1 predicate?*

- A simple sentence has just one complete thought — that means 1 subject + 1 predicate.
- Complex sentences have a dependent clause too.
- Compound sentences have two independent clauses.
- Compound-complex has both compound and complex features.

✔ So the answer is: A. simple sentence

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Question 2:
*What type of sentence contains 1 independent clause and 1 dependent clause?*

- That’s the definition of a complex sentence.
- Independent clause = can stand alone.
- Dependent clause = needs the independent one to make sense.

✔ So the answer is: C. complex sentence

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Question 3:
*What type of sentence contains 2 or more independent clauses?*

- That’s a compound sentence — like “I like apples, and she likes oranges.”
- Each part can stand alone as its own sentence.

✔ So the answer is: A. compound sentence

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Question 4:
*What type of sentence contains 2 or more independent clauses and at least 1 dependent clause?*

- This mixes compound (2+ independent) and complex (at least 1 dependent).
- That’s called a compound-complex sentence.

✔ So the answer is: D. compound-complex sentence

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Question 5:
*Lyndon Johnson attended a teacher’s college and later studied law.*

- Let’s break it down:
- Subject: Lyndon Johnson
- Verbs: attended, studied → two actions, but same subject
- No dependent clauses
- Just one subject doing two things → still one independent clause

→ This is a simple sentence with a compound predicate.

✔ So the answer is: B. Simple

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Question 6:
*San Francisco is located in northern California, but Los Angeles is located in southern California.*

- Two parts:
- “San Francisco is located in northern California” → independent clause
- “Los Angeles is located in southern California” → independent clause
- Connected by “but” → coordinating conjunction

→ Two independent clauses = compound sentence

✔ So the answer is: B. Compound

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Final Answer:
1. A
2. C
3. A
4. D
5. B
6. B