Exercise 3: In the box before each example, write a "D" if it is a dependent clause (sentence fragment) or an "" if it is an independent clause (complete sentence). 2 John ran I will come tomorrow 2. 3 4. 5 6 7 8. 9 When you are ready Because you are only fifteen years old I was reading my favorite book all afternoon If you help Mom with the dishes I see clouds floating by The sky was incredibly blue today When I entered the forest Flowers dotted the hillside Although I am late Dan shoveled the dirt all morning Since you have no way to pay for the damage I am ready The lion sleeps behind the bushes 10 11 12 13 14 15 1​

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sentences vary by structure as well as by function. there are compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.

simple sentence

i like to read.

a simple sentence has one independent clause.

compound sentence

i like to read, and i also like to write.

a compound sentence includes more than one independent clause, connected by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or, so, or yet).

complex sentence

i prefer to read books that are bestsellers.

a complex sentence includes one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. (a dependent clause is one that cannot stand alone.) types of dependent clauses include relative clauses (i kicked the boy who pinched me), adverb clauses (i am going home now because i have a curfew), and noun clauses (i don't know what to do next).

compound-complex sentence

although i prefer to read current bestsellers, i do like to read old agatha christie mysteries, and i also like some 20th-century science fiction.

compound-complex sentences take a bunch of clauses (multiple independent clauses, and one or more dependent clauses) and toss them together like a salad. although these sentences take practice to write in a grammatically correct fashion, they can hold a tremendous amount of meaning, and are common in academic writing.