Exercise B.

Identifying Kinds of Sentences Identify each sentence below with S for simple, CD for compound, CX for complex, or CD-CX for compound-complex.

1. My aunt has joined an investment club that investigates and buys stocks, and she has made a little profit already. ________ 2. The Great Barrier Reef forms a natural breakwater for the coast of northeast Australia and attracts tourists from all over the world. ________ 3. Just thinking is not enough; you must think of something. ________ 4. We had gone only a little way into the cave before our flashlight went out. ________ 5. Although snow was predicted, the temperature has stayed above freezing, so rain is falling instead. ________ 6. Is the universe expanding, or is it contracting? ________ 7. After the holiday dinner is over, my brother washes dishes and I dry them. ________ 8. The last car of the poky old freight train is just now coming into view. ________ 9. Everyone who saw the movie has liked it, so Im going tonight. ________
10. We tried hard, but the job was harder than we expected. ________

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Exercise Dependent Clauses and Types of Sentences

Click within the small circle to the left of your choice for each answer. A javascript box will appear to tell you that your choice is correct or incorrect. After clicking "OK" within the javascript alert, you may try another answer or proceed to the next question if your first choice was correct. The phrase "prescriptively correct" means that other possibilities might be acceptable in informal writing or speech, but the prescriptively correct option would be most recommended for formal, academic writing.

1. What is true of the following example? "Many people probably think that politeness is simply a social lubricant." A. It contains a prepositional phrase. B. It contains an adjectival clause. C. It contains an adverbial clause. D. It contains a noun clause. E. None of the above.

2. What is true of the following example? "The expanding economy of the 1920s created new freedom for young people, who began to break away from their families and live on their own." A. It contains a noun clause. B. It contains an adverbial clause. C. It contains a relative clause. D. It contains no dependent clause.

3. What is true of the following example? "If society as a whole cannot be rejuvenated, the individual needs to work for personal certainty." A. It contains a noun clause. B. It contains an adverbial clause. C. It contains an adjectival clause. D. It contains an appositive phrase.

E. None of the above.Bottom of FormTop of Form 4. What is true of the following example? "He did not care about why I wanted a dog." A. It contains a noun clause. B. It contains an adverbial clause. C. It contains an adjectival clause. D. It contains an appositive phrase. E. None of the above.

5. What is true of the following example? "The man whose dog you wanted is here." A. It contains a noun clause. B. It contains an adverbial clause. C. It contains a relative clause. D. It contains an appositive phrase. E. None of the above.

6. What is true of the following example? "College students who spend four years on their degrees generally make more money than graduates of two-year colleges." A. It contains a restrictive noun clause. B. It contains a non-restrictive noun clause. C. It contains a restrictive relative clause. D. It contains a non-restrictive relative clause. E. None of the above.

7. What is true of the following example? "You might hurt yourself if you don't watch out." A. It contains a noun clause. B. It contains an adverbial clause.

C. It contains an adjectival clause. D. It contains an appositive phrase. E. None of the above.

8. What is true of the following example? "A man had just married an automobile." A. It is a simple sentence. B. It is a complex sentence. C. It is a compound sentence. D. It is a compound-complex sentence. E. None of the above.

9. What is true of the following example? "The ape is accepted, and sits quietly smoking a cigar and reading a newspaper, which he holds upside down." A. It is a simple sentence. B. It is a complex sentence. C. It is a compound sentence. D. It is a compound-complex sentence. E. None of the above.

10. What is true of the following example? "He doesn't like it, but he wants it to like him." A. It is a simple sentence. B. It is a complex sentence. C. It is a compound sentence. D. It is a compound-complex sentence. E. None of the above.

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Exercise

Identifying Sentence Types: Resistance to Antibiotics Click the answer button to see the answer.
1. Resistance to antibiotics is a worldwide problem, but medical experts list ways to help slow resistance and keep current drugs effective. a. simple b. compound c. complex d. compound/complex 2. When you go to the doctor with a cold or the flu, don't automatically ask for antibiotics. a. simple b. compound c. complex d. compound/complex 3. Colds and flu are caused by viruses, and antibiotics don't work to fight them, so you should discuss other remedies with your doctor. a. simple b. compound c. complex d. compound/complex 4. If the doctor prescribes antibiotics, follow directions and take all of the medicine. a. simple b. compound c. complex d. compound/complex 5. Not taking the medicine as prescribed could allow the infection to re-establish itself in your body and become more resistant to the drugs later. a. simple b. compound c. complex

d. compound/complex 6. Taking more than one antibiotic at once or taking left over antibiotics in your medicine cabinet may increase the chance of resistance. a. simple b. compound c. complex d. compound/complex 7. Keep current with your vaccinations; this can prevent you from getting infectious diseases and needing the antibiotics. a. simple b. compound c. complex d. compound/complex 8. Remember to practice personal cleanliness as simple hand washing and proper food handling can help protect you from infectious diseases. a. simple b. compound c. complex d. compound/complex 9. Improper use of antibiotics helps develop drug resistance, so many medicines that were strongly effective a few decades ago don't work at all in the present. a. simple b. compound c. complex d. compound/complex 10. When bacteria is resistant to antibiotics, the only option may be to remove the infection with surgery. a. simple b. compound c. complex d. compound/complex

11. Germs are smart, and if you use a lot of one drug in many patients, the germs will find a way to become immune to it. a. simple b. compound c. complex d. compound/complex 12. While many factors are creating this problem of resistance, experts agree that a major cause is doctor's tendency to easily prescribe antibiotics. a. simple b. compound c. complex d. compound/complex

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