Quiz on Sentence Types

Complex Sentence:

A sentence that correctly combines an independent and a dependent clause.

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


Compound Sentence:

A sentence that correctly combines two dependent clauses with the use of a semicolon

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


Simple Sentence:

An independent clause.

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

Compound-Complex Sentence:


A sentence that combines two independent clauses and has the addition of one or more dependent clauses.

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. 




NOTE: the example sentences in orange were taken from the quiz in 

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/sentence_types_quiz.htm?cgi_quiz_form=1