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Post by maddie on Jan 29, 2010 14:33:02 GMT -5
1. The child cried. 2. Susannah died after drinking arsenic. 3. I fell off a cliff and broke my head.  4. She fell off a cliff, broke her skull, and died. 5. There was a lady hiding in the tree house who stole my ganache. 6. Susannah repaid the favor by stalking out her house and retrieved my ganache. 7. If Maddie had a banana and a pineapple and tried to combined them, she would have fish. 8. As Susannah was eating her ganache, in the distance, the tree house was going up in flames. |
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Post by Mr. Wells on Feb 1, 2010 12:21:44 GMT -5
Please finish these and identify them by type.
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Post by susannahhuang on Feb 1, 2010 13:33:40 GMT -5
Simple Sentences
1. The child cried.
2. Susannah died after drinking arsenic.
Compound Sentences
3. I fell off a cliff and broke my head.
4. She fell off a cliff, broke her skull, and died.
Complex Sentences
5. There was a lady hiding in the tree house who stole my ganache.
6. Susannah repaid the favor by stalking out her house and retrieved my ganache.
Compound-Complex Sentences
7. If Maddie had a banana and a pineapple and tried to combine them, she would have a potato.
8. As Susannah was eating her ganache, in the distance, the tree house was going up in flames.
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Post by Mr. Wells on Feb 4, 2010 14:20:49 GMT -5
Simple Sentences
1. The child cried.
2. Susannah died after drinking arsenic.
Compound Sentences
3. I fell off a cliff and broke my head.
4. She fell off a cliff, broke her skull, and died.
INCORRECT - this is a simple sentence
Complex Sentences
5. There was PET PEEVE a lady hiding in the tree house who stole my ganache. (CORRECT)
6. Susannah repaid the favor by stalking out her house and retrieved my ganache. INCORRECT - this is a simple sentence
Compound-Complex Sentences
7. If Maddie had a banana and a pineapple and tried to combine them, she would have a potato.
INCORRECT - this is a complex sentence
8. As Susannah was eating her ganache, in the distance, the tree house was going up in flames.
INCORRECT - this is a complex sentence
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Post by susannahhuang on Feb 28, 2010 14:04:27 GMT -5
4. I ran away and the scaffolding collapsed.
Complex Sentences
5. I saw a lady hiding in the tree house who stole my ganache.
6. I miss the old days that marked our youth.
Compound-Complex Sentences
7. I recieved a rose,
preserved in amber resin,
that I have cherished.
8. On a dark, still night,
I put my hand in the pond
and reached for the moon.
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Post by Mr. Wells on Mar 21, 2010 20:38:33 GMT -5
4 is correct...5 is as well, though it sounds like the tree house stole your ganache...6 is correct...7 only has one independent clause and 8 only has an independent clause and no subordinate clauses.
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Post by susannahhuang on Mar 23, 2010 22:08:32 GMT -5
7) While I have never played the game "Hot Potato" with an actual hot potato, Patricia told me that it was better to play with a random object, and I stifled any desire to play with a real hot potato.
8) As Bo mowed the lawn, Mo and Go made a vegan tofu dish, and Tara plucked the petals off of daisies.
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