Sentence Structure Quiz Q. Identify the type of sentence and circle the correct option.

1. I was late for work.

a. Simple b. Compound c. Complex d. Compound-complex

2. He failed the test because he did not study hard enough.

a. Simple b. Compound c. Complex d. Compound-complex

3. Even though pollution is widespread, people are doing little to prevent it.

a. Simple b. Compound c. Complex d. Compound-complex 4. Animals should not be killed for their fur, but this is still occurring, so action must be taken.

a. Simple b. Compound c. Complex d. Compound-complex

5. I came to study in the UK because I wanted to improve my English, so I talk to as many English people as possible.

a. Simple b. Compound c. Complex d. Compound-complex

1. I was late for work. - a. Simple.

2. He failed the test because he did not study hard enough. - c. Complex.

3. Even though pollution is widespread, people are doing little to prevent it. - c. Complex.

4. Animals should not be killed for their fur, but this is still occurring, so action must be taken. - b. Compound.

5. I came to study in the UK because I wanted to improve my English, so I talk to as many English people as possible. - d. Compound-complex.

Explanation:

A simple sentence is one that simply states a sentence with a single clause, a subject, and a verb.

Compound sentences have two or more clauses joined together by the conjunctions "for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so" (FANBOYS).

Complex sentences are almost similar to compound sentences except that they are joined not with the FANBOYS but subordinate conjunctions.

Compound-complex sentences are those sentences that are similar to complex sentences but added with another simple or compound sentence added to the sentence.

In the given sentences, sentence 1 is a simple sentence for it simply states a statement.

Sentence 2 and 3 are complex sentences as they are joined by the subordinating conjunctions "because" and "even though".

Sentence 4 is a compound sentence as it is joined by the coordinating conjunctions "but" and "so".

Sentence 5 is a compound-complex sentence as it has both subordinating conjunction "because" and coordinating conjunction "so".  

the answer choice that best describes the point of view from which the story is told is the option b. the doctor tells the story from the first person point of view. this is true because in the story of "the siege of berlin" by daudet alphonse it seems like an anecdote but the doctor tells the story with some irony and some patriotic pathos, the doctor tells all that he saw as the attending physician and that makes the narration more realistic as a professional tells the facts and combines the narration with the elements in the story. it's no the option a because it is clear that the doctor tells the story even if at the beginning we start to read about an unnamed narrator who is talking about a visit to champs-elyseés in the company of the doctor. in this case, he is the character who opens the story and introduce the context to understand where the story begins and why that is when the doctor stops at a great corner house and tells the story of colonel and his granddaughter. it's not the option c because the colonel is not telling his story and what happened to him, it is the doctor's words of his appearance, his apoplexy and his life. and finally, it's not the option d, because in this story we can read just the point of view of the doctor as he is the one who told us the story of colonel and he describes the reaction of the girl not her point of view.