Questions 1–10: identify each of the following sentences as either simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex.

the little girl and her older sister opened their presents with great enthusiasm.

even though they were both very tired from their long trip, elizabeth worked in the garden and arthur cut the grass.

grandmother carefully arranged her best china, crystal, silver, and linen on the large dining room table, and grandfather rounded up enough chairs for all the guests to sit on.

the waiter explained that the soup was prepared from seven vegetables from the restaurant’s garden.

i said that i was tired.

with great enthusiasm and with the usual curiosity of a small child, the little boy from the south of france devoured the five pastries in the display case and then asked for more.

at this time of year in this part of the world, the nights are long, but the nights in your part of the world are longer.

because the builder wasn’t an expert in construction, he produced a poor house, and the owners had to make frequent repairs.

i acted my part in the play in a sincere manner and accepted with pleasure the enthusiastic applause of the several thousand spectators in the auditorium.

the car that you bought is beautiful.

Read the excerpt from act 1 of a doll's house. helmer: nora! [goes up to her and takes her playfully by the ear.] the same little featherhead! suppose, now, that i borrowed fifty pounds today, and you spent it all in the christmas week, and then on new year's eve a slate fell on my head and killed me, and— nora: [putting her hands over his mouth]. oh! don't say such horrid things. helmer: still, suppose that happened, —what then? nora: if that were to happen, i don't suppose i should care whether i owed money or not. helmer: yes, but what about the people who had lent it? nora: they? who would bother about them? i should not know who they were. helmer: that is like a woman! but seriously, nora, you know what i think about that. no debt, no borrowing. there can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt. we two have kept bravely on the straight road so far, and we will go on the same way for the short time longer that there need be any struggle. nora: [moving towards the stove]. as you , torvald. how does the interaction between helmer and nora advance the plot? nora realizes that helmer will completely disapprove of her having borrowed money, so she has to continue to keep it a secret from him. nora realizes that she and helmer have the same ideas about financial issues, and the conversation brings them closer together later in the play. helmer realizes that nora is more responsible with money than he originally thought, and he trusts her more with finances later in the play. nora realizes that helmer knows a lot more about borrowing and lending, and she will seek his input later when she needs it.

Read the passage. when mother’s fever persisted for a week, father summoned our family doctor. dr. blakemore applied leeches to mother’s skin in hopes of reducing the amount of blood in her body. despite the doctor’s efforts, she languished in bed for three more days before her appetite returned and she requested a thin broth. our dear cook, mrs. davis, prepared the broth and delivered it to my mother directly, eager to ease her discomfort. what can readers infer about the time period of the passage?

The room was gaudy with its leather couch and purple walls