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Distinguish Between Simple and Compound Sentences

Check Your Understanding

 

Determine whether each example is a simple sentence or a compound sentence.

 

	Simple sentence	Compound sentence
Andrea makes art projects out of discarded household items	◯	◯
Tomorrow well go to the store, and my mom will buy us art supplies.	◯	◯
Elias enjoys painting, but he loves drawing with pencils even more.	◯	◯

What does the adjective phrase "about Native Americans who had lived in the swamp and pirates who had hidden out there" in sentence 10 describe?

Select one:

a. the Cajun captain

b. the stories the captain told

c. the Native Americans who lived there

d. the pirates hidden in the swamp