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Chapter 24: Sentence Types

Exercises

Exercise 24.1. Identifying sentence structures

Exercise 24.1. Identifying sentence structures

Note the main clauses and subordinate clauses in the following sentences. Then identify each sentence as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex.
Example:
The human voice is produced in the larynx (main), which has two bands called vocal cords (subordinate). [Complex]

This activity contains 10 questions.

	Our world has many sounds, but they all have one thing in common.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	They are all produced by vibrations.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Vibrations make the air move in waves, and these sound waves travel to the ear.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	When the waves enter the ear, the auditory nerves convey them to the brain, and the brain interprets them.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Some sounds are pleasant, and others, which we call noise, are not.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Pleasant sounds, such as music, are produced by regular vibrations at regular intervals.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Most noises are produced by irregular vibrations at irregular intervals; an example is the barking of a dog.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Sounds, both pleasant and unpleasant, have frequency and pitch.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	When an object vibrates rapidly, it produces high-frequency, high-pitched sounds.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	People can hear sounds over a wide range of frequencies, but dogs, cats, and many other animals can hear high frequencies that humans cannot.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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