Clauses: Building and Refining Compound and Complex Sentences — Quiz

Question 17 • English Language Arts 10

Which examples are compound sentences? Choose three correct answers.

Answer

The French drink strong black coffee mixed with hot milk; the Italians drink small cups of espresso.

Maria and Ara are going on an exchange program to China and Japan next summer to study Asian culture.

According to my Spanish teacher, Basques have a unique culture, and their language is unrelated to any other world language.

My aunt and uncle love to travel in their camper, and they can stop wherever they want to.

In history class, we’re studying the causes of the Great Depression, which affected the economy of almost every country in the world.

Explanation

A compound sentence has at least two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction or a semicolon. In A, “Basques have a unique culture” and “their language is unrelated to any other world language” can each stand alone; in B, both clauses can also stand alone, joined by “and.” E joins two independent clauses with a semicolon. C has a dependent relative clause (“which affected…”), and D has only one independent clause.

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