Sentence Types Worksheet for Grammar Practice

Here is the complete solution to the “Sentence Types” worksheet, with each sentence analyzed according to the directions:
Circle the predicates, underline the subjects, draw a line separating clauses, and write the sentence type.

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✔ 1. When I get home from school, I'm going to take a nap.

- Subject: *I* (in dependent clause) → underline “I” in “When I get home...”
- Predicate: *get* (in dependent clause) → circle “get”
- Subject: *I* (in independent clause) → underline “I” in “I’m going...”
- Predicate: *am going to take* → circle “am going to take”
- Clause separator: After “school,” — draw a vertical line there
- Sentence Type: Complex Sentence (one independent clause + one dependent clause joined by subordinating conjunction “when”)
→ *Answer: Complex*

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✔ 2. I got in trouble so I can't go to the party, but it would have been fun.

- Subject 1: *I* → underline first “I”
- Predicate 1: *got* → circle “got”
- Subject 2: *I* → underline second “I”
- Predicate 2: *can’t go* → circle “can’t go”
- Subject 3: *it* → underline “it”
- Predicate 3: *would have been* → circle “would have been”
- Clause separators: After “trouble” (before “so”), and after “party,” (before “but”) — draw lines there
- Conjunctions: “so” (coordinating), “but” (coordinating) — joins 3 independent clauses
- Sentence Type: Compound-Complex (technically, this has 3 independent clauses — no subordinate clause — so strictly speaking, it’s Compound. But if we consider “so” as introducing a result (sometimes treated as subordinating in informal contexts), it’s ambiguous. However, per standard grammar, “so” here is coordinating. Since there are 3 independent clauses joined by coordinating conjunctions, it’s Compound.)
⚠️ Correction: “so” is a coordinating conjunction here (not subordinating). So 3 independent clauses = Compound Sentence.
→ *Answer: Compound*

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✔ 3. Being alone can be scary unless you keep yourself busy.

- Subject: *Being alone* (gerund phrase acting as subject) → underline “Being alone”
- Predicate: *can be* → circle “can be”
- Subject (dependent clause): *you* → underline “you” in “unless you keep...”
- Predicate (dependent clause): *keep* → circle “keep”
- Clause separator: Before “unless” — draw line there
- Subordinating conjunction: “unless”
- Sentence Type: Complex Sentence (1 independent + 1 dependent clause)
→ *Answer: Complex*

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✔ 4. Mr. Morton, the best reading teacher in the world, taught me sentence structure.

- Subject: *Mr. Morton* → underline “Mr. Morton”
- Predicate: *taught* → circle “taught”
- Note: “the best reading teacher in the world” is an appositive (non-essential phrase), NOT a clause. No other clause exists.
- Sentence Type: Simple Sentence (only one clause)
→ *Answer: Simple*

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✔ 5. Keith, Carrie, and Kyle bought donuts and ate them down by the river.

- Subject: *Keith, Carrie, and Kyle* → underline all three names
- Predicate: *bought* and *ate* → circle both verbs (compound predicate)
- Note: One subject, two verbs connected by “and” — still one clause
- Sentence Type: Simple Sentence
→ *Answer: Simple*

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✔ 6. I left early so that I could get some work done, but I'll be back soon.

- Subject 1: *I* → underline first “I”
- Predicate 1: *left* → circle “left”
- Subject 2: *I* → underline second “I”
- Predicate 2: *could get* → circle “could get”
- Subject 3: *I* → underline third “I”
- Predicate 3: *’ll be* → circle “’ll be”
- Clause separators: After “early” (before “so that”), and after “done,” (before “but”)
- Conjunctions: “so that” (subordinating), “but” (coordinating)
- Sentence Type: Compound-Complex (2 independent clauses + 1 dependent clause)
→ *Answer: Compound-Complex*

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✔ 7. Crossing the street is dangerous if you don't look both ways before you cross.

- Subject: *Crossing the street* (gerund phrase) → underline “Crossing the street”
- Predicate: *is* → circle “is”
- Subject (dependent clause): *you* → underline “you”
- Predicate (dependent clause): *don’t look* → circle “don’t look”
- Clause separator: Before “if” — draw line there
- Subordinating conjunction: “if”
- Sentence Type: Complex Sentence
→ *Answer: Complex*

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✔ 8. If you don't want to study, you should stay home, but you may regret it.

- Subject 1 (dependent): *you* → underline “you” in “If you don’t want...”
- Predicate 1 (dependent): *don’t want* → circle “don’t want”
- Subject 2 (independent): *you* → underline “you” in “you should stay...”
- Predicate 2 (independent): *should stay* → circle “should stay”
- Subject 3 (independent): *you* → underline “you” in “you may regret...”
- Predicate 3 (independent): *may regret* → circle “may regret”
- Clause separators: After “study,” (before “you should...”), and after “home,” (before “but”)
- Conjunctions: “if” (subordinating), “but” (coordinating)
- Sentence Type: Compound-Complex (2 independent + 1 dependent clause)
→ *Answer: Compound-Complex*

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✔ 9. Every time I go to mall, I spend all of my money on things that I don't need.

- Subject 1 (dependent): *I* → underline “I” in “Every time I go...”
- Predicate 1 (dependent): *go* → circle “go”
- Subject 2 (independent): *I* → underline “I” in “I spend...”
- Predicate 2 (independent): *spend* → circle “spend”
- Subject 3 (dependent): *I* → underline “I” in “that I don’t need”
- Predicate 3 (dependent): *don’t need* → circle “don’t need”
- Clause separators: After “mall,” (before “I spend...”), and before “that” (in relative clause)
- Subordinating conjunctions: “Every time” (acts as subordinating), “that” (relative pronoun introducing adjective clause)
- Sentence Type: Complex Sentence (main clause + 2 subordinate clauses — “Every time I go…” and “that I don’t need”)
→ *Answer: Complex*

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✔ 10. Mom said that I can go to the museum with you but I have to be home early.

- Subject 1: *Mom* → underline “Mom”
- Predicate 1: *said* → circle “said”
- Subject 2 (noun clause): *I* → underline “I” in “that I can go...”
- Predicate 2 (noun clause): *can go* → circle “can go”
- Subject 3 (independent clause): *I* → underline “I” in “I have to be...”
- Predicate 3 (independent clause): *have to be* → circle “have to be”
- Clause separators: After “said” (before “that”), and after “you” (before “but”)
- Conjunctions: “that” (introduces noun clause — not subordinating conjunction per strict definition, but functions similarly), “but” (coordinating)
- Sentence Type: Compound-Complex (Main clause + noun clause + independent clause)
→ *Answer: Compound-Complex*

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✔ 11. Modern Warfare is a fun game but no game is better than Ms. Pac-Man.

- Subject 1: *Modern Warfare* → underline “Modern Warfare”
- Predicate 1: *is* → circle “is”
- Subject 2: *no game* → underline “no game”
- Predicate 2: *is* → circle second “is”
- Clause separator: After “game” (before “but”) — draw line there
- Coordinating conjunction: “but”
- Sentence Type: Compound Sentence (two independent clauses)
→ *Answer: Compound*

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✔ 12. Todd and Nick are eating chips and salsa on a park bench before dinner.

- Subject: *Todd and Nick* → underline both names
- Predicate: *are eating* → circle “are eating”
- Note: “chips and salsa” = compound object; “on a park bench before dinner” = prepositional phrases — no additional clause
- Sentence Type: Simple Sentence
→ *Answer: Simple*

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## 📝 Final Answers for Sentence Types:

1. Complex
2. Compound
3. Complex
4. Simple
5. Simple
6. Compound-Complex
7. Complex
8. Compound-Complex
9. Complex
10. Compound-Complex
11. Compound
12. Simple

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## ✍️ Try it yourself (Example Sentences):

*(You can write these on the back as instructed)*

Two Simple Sentences:

1. Dogs bark loudly.
- Subject: *Dogs* (underline)
- Predicate: *bark* (circle)

2. She reads every night.
- Subject: *She* (underline)
- Predicate: *reads* (circle)

Two Compound Sentences:

1. I like coffee, but I prefer tea.
- Subjects: *I*, *I* (underline both)
- Predicates: *like*, *prefer* (circle both)
- Clause separator: after “coffee,”
- Conjunction: “but”

2. He ran fast, and he won the race.
- Subjects: *He*, *he*
- Predicates: *ran*, *won*
- Clause separator: after “fast,”
- Conjunction: “and”

Two Complex Sentences:

1. Although it rained, we went hiking.
- Subject (dependent): *it*
- Predicate (dependent): *rained*
- Subject (independent): *we*
- Predicate (independent): *went*
- Clause separator: after “rained,”
- Subordinating conjunction: “Although”

2. I will call you when I arrive.
- Subject (independent): *I*
- Predicate (independent): *will call*
- Subject (dependent): *I*
- Predicate (dependent): *arrive*
- Clause separator: before “when”
- Subordinating conjunction: “when”

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✔ You’ve now completed the entire worksheet! Remember to physically circle predicates, underline subjects, and draw lines between clauses on your paper as instructed.