Directions: Read these sentences from "The Immigrant Contribution." Identify each as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. Write your answer on the line.
A simple sentence is one independent clause — a group of words that has a subject and a verb and can stand by itself as a complete thought. (Example: The dog chased the ball.) A simple sentence may have a compound subject or a compound verb or both.
A compound sentence consists of two or more independent clauses linked by a word such as and, if, but, so, or or. (Example: Mr. Roberts was a teacher, but he also coached soccer.)
A complex sentence contains one independent clause and one or more dependent or subordinate clauses—a group of words that has a subject and a verb but is not a complete thought. (Example: Although he was a science teacher, Mr. Roberts also taught math.)
A compound-complex sentence contains two or more independent clauses and a
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