Compound sentences and which are complex sentences. because our cups were empty, i brewed another pitcher of coffee for the office. when it is storming, my dog likes to watch the rainfall through the window. my parents have never been to my soccer practices, yet they never miss a game. check the library tomorrow, and ask if the book is ready to check out. as sheila drove away, the dust from the driveway blinded us.

Which two words are nonsense words in this excerpt from carl sandburg's "how the animals lost their tails and got them back traveling from philadelphia to medicine rock"? it was easy enough for the rabbit who has long ears and no tail at all except a white thumb of cotton. but it was hard for the yellow flongboo who at night lights up his house in a hollow tree with his fire yellow torch of a tail. it is hard for the yellow flongboo to lose his tail because it lights up his way when he sneaks at night on the prairie, sneaking up on the flangwayers, the hippers and hangjasts, so good to eat.