1. Simple Compound Complex Compound-Complex
Sentence Variety
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2. Simple Sentence pp
A simple sentence contains one independent clause and no subordinate clauses.
I (subject)am alone (verb)now.

3. Compound Sentence pp
A compound sentence contains two or more independent clauses and no subordinate clauses.
They would be out of the desert, and it would not be far.

4. Complex Sentence pp
A complex sentence contains one independent clause and at least one subordinate clause. If he were older and stronger, would he have given water to those men? Independent clause: Would he have given water to those men? (He would have given water to those men) Subordinate Clause: If he were older and stronger Or would he, like most of the group, have kept his water for himself? Independent clause: would he have kept his water for himself? (He would have kept his water for himself.) Subordinate Clause: like most of the group

5. Compound-Complex Sentence p. 467
A compound-complex sentence contains two or more independent clauses and at least one subordinate clause. Teenaged boys, it seemed,were considered men, for boys, who looked to be only a few years older than Salva, were joining the men’s group.