Sentence-Type Quiz

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Read the following paragraph carefully.

Pauline and Bruno have a big argument every summer over where they should spend their summer vacation. Pauline loves to go to the beach and spend her days sunbathing. Bruno, on the other hand, likes the view that he gets from the log cabin up in the mountains, and he enjoys hiking in the forest. Pauline says there is nothing relaxing about chopping wood, swatting mosquitoes, and cooking over a woodstove. Bruno dislikes sitting on the beach; he always gets a nasty sunburn. Bruno tends to get bored sitting on the beach, watching the waves, getting sand in his swimsuit, and reading detective novels for a week. This year, after a lengthy, noisy debate, they decided to take separate vacations. Bruno went to the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and Pauline went to Cape Cod. Although they are 250 miles apart, they keep in constant contact on the internet. Bruno took the desktop computer that he uses at work, and Pauline sits on the beach with her laptop computer, which she connects to the internet with a cellular phone.

For each sentence, select the sentence-type that describes it correctly.

If you need to review the definitions for these sentence types, go to the page 'Avoiding Run-ons and Fragments' or click HERE to visit the Capital Community College website (http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/sentences.htm). Click HERE to review the definitions of clauses).

Pauline and Bruno have a big argument every summer over where they should spend their summer vacation.

Simple sentence

Compound sentence

Complex sentence

Compound-Complex sentence

Pauline loves to go to the beach and spend her days sunbathing.

Simple sentence

Compound sentence

Complex sentence

Compound-Complex sentence

Bruno, on the other hand, likes the view that he gets from the log cabin up in the mountains, and he enjoys hiking in the forest.

Simple sentence

Compound sentence

Complex sentence

Compound-Complex sentence

Pauline says there is nothing relaxing about chopping wood, swatting mosquitoes, and cooking over a woodstove.

Simple sentence

Compound sentence

Complex sentence

Compound-Complex sentence

Bruno dislikes sitting on the beach; he always gets a nasty sunburn.

Simple sentence

Compound sentence

Complex sentence

Compound-Complex sentence

Bruno tends to get bored sitting on the beach, watching the waves, getting sand in his swimsuit, and reading detective novels for a week.

Simple sentence

Compound sentence

Complex sentence

Compound-Complex sentence

This year, after a lengthy, noisy debate, they decided to take separate vacations.

Simple sentence

Compound sentence

Complex sentence

Compound-Complex sentence

Bruno went to the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and Pauline went to Cape Cod.

Simple sentence

Compound sentence

Complex sentence

Compound-Complex sentence

Although they are 250 miles apart, they keep in constant contact on the internet.

Simple sentence

Compound sentence

Complex sentence

Compound-Complex sentence

Bruno took the desktop computer that he uses at work, and Pauline sits on the beach with her laptop computer, which she connects to the internet with a cellular phone.

Simple sentence

Compound sentence

Complex sentence

Compound-Complex sentence

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