What is the difference between simple, compound and complex sentences? Identify each of the following sentences as simple, compound or complex. 5+10 i He told me that he would be going to Mumbai next week. ii She is very beautiful. iii I like rasgullas and my sister likes gulabjamuns. iv The girl whom you met last week came here looking for you. v I am going to the market. vi She will go to the party only if her father will drop her. vii I think that you are right. viii Finish your homework and put the notebooks back in your bag. ix Madhu dreamt that she was flying an aeroplane. x Either you sit properly or you leave the room.
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The complex sentence refers to the sentence which contains at least one dependent clause and an independent clause. A dependent clause is the clause which cannot stand alone in its meaning on the other hand independent clause refers to the phrase which can stand alone, though both have a subject and a verb.
A sentence which contains two independent clauses with related ideas is referred to as a compound sentence. One way to punctuate a compound sentence correctly is to join the two independent clauses with a semicolon and a coordinating conjunction.
A simple sentence is a form of sentence which has one independent clause and has no dependent clauses. It can stand alone for its meaning as a sentence.
1.complex sentence
- dependent clause is "he told me that" and independent clause is "he would be going to mumbai next week."
2.simple sentence
3.compound sentence
- two independent clauses are: "i like rasgullas" and "my sister like gulabjamuns."
4.complex sentence
- dependent clause is "the girl whom you met last week" and independent clause is "the girl came here looking for you."
5.simple sentence
6.complex sentence
- dependent clause is "only if her father will drop her" and independent clause is "she will go to the party."
7.complex sentence
- dependent clause is "i think that" and independent clause is "you are right"
8.compound sentence
- two independent clauses are:"finish your homework " and "put the notebooks back in your bag."
9.complex sentence
- dependent clause is "madhu dreamt that" and independent clause is "she was flying an aeroplane."
10.complex sentence- dependent clause is "either you sit properly or" and independent clause is "you leave the room."