Activity 9.

A (Types of Sentences according to Structure)

Direction:

I. Identify whether the following sentences are simple, compound, or complex.

1. Jose Rizal and Andres Bonifacio are heroes of the Philippine revolution.

Answer: Simple sentence

2. Gilas Pilipinas won against Senegal.

Answer: Simple Sentence

3. I always wanted to have a bike, but my parent wasn’t able to give me.

Answer: Compound sentences

4. Since the team lost, everyone comforted them.

Answer: Complex sentence

5. Grade 8 students are very intelligent.

Answer: Simple Sentence

6. The Filipinos supported the team that is why Gilas Pilipinas got a place in the world cup.

Answer: Complex sentence

7. Her voice is pleasant to the ear, but yours is not.

Answer: compound sentence

8. All of us are proud to be Filipinos.

Answer: simple sentence

9. The laptop broke down so we got it fixed at the service centre.

Answer: compound sentence

10. Jose Rizal died for his country.

Answer: Simple sentence

II. Highlight the text (color red) if INDEPENDENT CLAUSE and highlight (color green) if DEPENDENT
CLAUSE

1. Many citizens refused to pay taxes because they couldn’t see economic changes or so in the country.

2. A group of paedophiles claimed that child pornography be legalized.

3. Though Singapore suffered from civil war, it dramatically surged shortly after.

4. A boy asked whether one could find a “Lee Kuan Yew” among Filipino politicians.

5. The bird chirped jerkily when it was not hit by a slingshot.

6. The lady who is pink, is my fiancé.

7. Whoever comes late will get his due.

8. How you live your life today determines what kind of person you would be in the years to come.

9. When the typhoon Milenyo hit the country, it topped a lot of billboards and houses.

10. Students have to study so hard if they want to get high grades.