Review of Sentence Structure:

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Review of Sentence Structure

• One Independent Clause Simple
• Two or more Independent Clauses Compound
• One Independent Clause One or more Dependent
  Clauses Complex
• Two or more Independent Clauses One or more
  Dependent Clauses Compound/Complex

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Can you identify the sentence structure?

• 1. While Mary sat reading in her car, the rain
  began to fall outside.
• 2. The three burly men and their ragged dogs
  trudged across the field in the twilight.
• 3. Susan, who was the first person that I met
  when I moved here, will be visiting me on
  Wednesday.
• 4. We hope to win because we have put so much
  effort into our project.
• 5. Amanda made cookies, and I made a cake.
• 6. Bill bought a book which had once belonged to
  George Washington, but he soon donated it to a
  museum.

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For the answers

• This color represents an adjective subordinate
  clause.
• This color represents an adverb subordinate
  clause.
• This color represents an independent clause. If
  there are two independent clauses, each clause is
  underlined separately.

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Can you identify the sentence structure?

• 1. While Mary sat reading in her car, the rain
  began to fall outside. (complex)
• 2. The three burly men and their ragged dogs
  trudged across the field in the twilight.
  (simple)
• 3. Susan, who was the first person that I met
  when I moved here, will be visiting me on
  Wednesday. (complex)
• 4. We hope to win because we have put so much
  effort into our project. (complex)
• 5. Amanda made cookies, and I made a cake.
  (compound)
• 6. Bill bought a book which had once belonged to
  George Washington, but he soon donated it to a
  museum. (compound/complex)