Identify each of the following sentences as (S) simple, (C) compound, (X)

complex, or (CX) compound-complex. 

Answer Sentense
s 1. I made an airplane out of stone.

S 2. I put a piece of cantaloupe underneath the microscope.

Cx 3. Oaties stay oaty, and Wheat Chex stay floaty, and

nothing can take the puff out of Puffed Rice.

X 4. While fishing in the blue lagoon, I caught a lovely

silverfish.

X 5. They say if you step on a crack, you will break your

mother's back.

Cx 6. They just had a contest for scariest mask, and I was the
wild and daring one who won the contest for scariest
mask—and (sob) I'm not even wearing one.

S 7. My voice was raspy, rough, and cracked.

X 8. I opened my eyes and looked up at the rain, and it

dripped in my head and flowed into my brain.

C 9. They say that once in Zanzibar a boy stuck out his

tongue so far that it reached the heavens and touched a
star, which burned him rather badly.

C 10.I'm going to Camp Wonderful beside Lake Paradise

across from Blissful Mountain in the Valley of the Nice.

X 11. I joke with the bats and have intimate chats with the
cooties who crawl through my hair.

S 12. The animals snarled and screeched and growled and

whinnied and whimpered and hooted and howled and
gobbled up the whole ice cream stand.

C 13. The antlers of a standing moose, as everybody knows,

are just the perfect place to hang your wet and drippy
clothes.
X 14. We'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow, and
we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go.

X 15. If I had a brontosaurus, I would name him Horace or

Morris.

C 16. I am writing these poems from inside a lion, and it's

rather dark in here.

C 17. A piece of sky broke off and fell through the crack in the
ceiling right into my soup.

S 18.The grungy, grumpy, grouchy Giant grew tired of his

frowny pout and hired me and Lee to lift the corners of
his crumblin' mouth.

x 19. If you were only one inch tall, you'd ride a worm to
school

cx 20. The traffic light simply would not turn green, so

the people stopped to wait as the traffic rolled and the
wind blew cold, and the hour grew dark and late.

Combine the sentences to make one compound-complex sentence.

 Susan teaches the kids who live in the neighborhood. They meet in the
evenings after she comes home from work.
 The doctor wants to prescribe physical therapy, and he asked me to see a
specialist. He recommended Dr. Smith.
 Anthony told us about the assembly of the products. Unfortunately, he
didn't tell us about where they were made.
 We managed to finish the exercise on time and passed the exam. However,
it was very difficult.
 The students who attended the university went on strike. They protested
the tuition hikes.
 Sandy wanted to ask her uncle questions about his experiences. Her uncle
fought in WW II.
Exercise 2 – Combine the Sentences to Form Compound
Sentences
Combine the following sentences using a coordinating conjunction or a conjunctive adverb to form
compound sentences.

1. My mother is sick so My mother is going to the doctor.

2. Jibin has gone to Hyderabad but Jibin has not found any jobs yet.

3. Nalini was not satisfied with her birthday dress, yet Nalini wore it anyway.

4. Jaffar called me yesterday but I was not able to attend his call.

5. Tina had to present the paper today but Nancy volunteered to do it.

8. Nobody knew where to go so We asked some random people for directions to the hills.

9. Let them know or You will have to suffer the consequences.

10. My mom was cleaning the house and I helped with the plates.

Write the correct punctuation marks.

1. He has a cute little adorable puppy.

2. The dog was scary he growled furiously!
3. Oliver, Martha, Samantha, and John are going to the fair well party.
4. Hurray we won!
5. Isn’t it true that the incessant population growth is the prime factor responsible
for unemployment poverty and deteriorating law and order situation of the
nation?
6. Oliver was late for the assembly, however he was permitted to attend.
7. What a noble gesture?
8. That’s strange?

9. It is up to you either take it or leave it.

10. He is smart handsome confident, and beautiful.
11. Oliver is coming to meet me today for discussing some business plans.
Add appropriate punctuation marks in the paragraph written below-

Life of an army officer is filled with responsibilities he/she has personal social and
moral obligations; getting up before sunrise and going to bed on time becomes routine. I
know about their life as my grandfather was in army. he used to get up at 6 in the
morning: go for a walk everyday keeping himself fit and fine. my grandfather’s life was an
inspiration get up early work hard and sleep better; he used to tell me that an officer
should be able to ride a horse, repair a toy order from a French menu, dance, sing, cook,
climb a mountain, play with kids, and operate a gun. such gracious is the life of an officer
that I would definitely be willing to do anything to be an officer wouldn’t you.