Question

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.

Answer 1

Simple sentences only has one subject and predicate.
Conpound sentences are joined by conjuctions and both the co-ordinate clauses of compoun sentences can give a complete meaning independently also.
Complex sentence have one main principal clause on which the other sub-ordinate xlause depends.

1. This is complex sentence.
2.Simple sentence
3. Compound
4. Complex
5. Simple
6. Compound
7. Complex
8. Compound
9. Complex
10. Compound