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Exercise 10a: Compound and Complex Sentences - Basic

Identify the following sentences as compound, complex or compound-complex by clicking on the appropriate word.

  1. Insurance cannot cover everything, but it does cover the big expenses accrued while giving birth.
    COMPOUND
    COMPLEX
    COMPOUND-COMPLEX

  2. Monarch butterflies, which migrate to Mexico each year, are guided by instinct.
    COMPOUND
    COMPLEX
    COMPOUND-COMPLEX

  3. Geese mate for life unlike humans who, according to the divorce rate, seem to have trouble committing to just one person.
    COMPOUND
    COMPLEX
    COMPOUND-COMPLEX

  4. The finals are on Saturday, but we'll have to compete without Paul, who will be in court all day arguing an important case.
    COMPOUND
    COMPLEX
    COMPOUND-COMPLEX

  5. Scientists are working on a cure for the common cold and, when they find one, think how remarkably it will change the profits of the Kleenex and drug industries.
    COMPOUND
    COMPLEX
    COMPOUND-COMPLEX