Sentences – Simple, Compound, Complex Exercise with Answer for Class 8 and worksheet with Solution from the book Elementary English Grammar for CBSE and ICSE students.
Exercise 17.1 Say which of the following sentences are Compound, and which are Complex? Also bold the Clause in each case :-
1. God helps those who help themselves.
2. Walk quickly, or you will miss the train.
3. I know where he has gone.
4. They rested when the night came.
5. I know a place where wild roses.
6. Work hard and you will pass.
7. Men may come, and men may go, but I go on forever.
8. Come tomorrow and get your money.
9. We returned home when the sun set.
10. All that glitters is not gold.
11. I think he is absent today.
12. I will live where you live.
13. Night came on and rain fell heavily and we all got very wet.
14. When I went to the bazaar this morning. I met my old friend whom I had not seen for three years.
15. I know the man who said that the earth is flat.
16. He goes to school but his sister stays at home.
17. I have no sympathy for a man who is not a hero in the battle of life.
18. He does not know who has stolen your books.
19. Ashok passed but Raman failed.
20. Nobody knows where he was murdered.
21. The news is so good that it cannot be true.
22. The boy who was lost yesterday has been found by the police.
23. Was he asleep or awake?
24. He went to the window to look out but found no one there.
25. When the cat is away the mouse is at play.
Answers:
1.God helps those who help themselves.
Complex (Adjective Clause: “who help themselves“)
2. Walk quickly, or you will miss the train.
Compound (Two independent clauses: “Walk quickly” and “you will miss the train“)
3. I know where he has gone.
Complex (Noun Clause: “where he has gone“)
4. They rested when the night came.
Complex (Adverb Clause: “when the night came“)
5. I know a place where wild roses grow.
Complex (Adjective Clause: “where wild roses grow“)
6. Work hard and you will pass.
Compound (Two independent clauses: “Work hard” and “you will pass“)
7. Men may come, and men may go, but I go on forever.
Compound (Three independent clauses: “Men may come“, “men may go“, and “I go on forever“)
8. Come tomorrow and get your money.
Compound (Two independent clauses: “Come tomorrow” and “get your money“)
9. We returned home when the sun set.
Complex (Adverb Clause: “when the sun set“)
10. All that glitters is not gold.
Complex (Adjective Clause: “that glitters“)
11. I think he is absent today.
Complex (Noun Clause: “he is absent today“)
12. I will live where you live.
Complex (Adverb Clause: “where you live“)
13. Night came on and rain fell heavily and we all got very wet.
Compound (Three independent clauses: “Night came on“, “rain fell heavily“, and “we all got very wet“)
14. When I went to the bazaar this morning, I met my old friend whom I had not seen for three years.
Complex (Adverb Clause: “When I went to the bazaar this morning“, Adjective Clause: “whom I had not seen for three years“)
15. I know the man who said that the earth is flat.
Complex (Adjective Clause: “who said that the earth is flat“)
16. He goes to school but his sister stays at home.
Compound (Two independent clauses: “He goes to school” and “his sister stays at home“)
17. I have no sympathy for a man who is not a hero in the battle of life.
Complex (Adjective Clause: “who is not a hero in the battle of life“)
18. He does not know who has stolen your books.
Complex (Noun Clause: “who has stolen your books“)
19. Ashok passed but Raman failed.
Compound (Two independent clauses: “Ashok passed” and “Raman failed“)
20. Nobody knows where he was murdered.
Complex (Noun Clause: “where he was murdered“)
21. The news is so good that it cannot be true.
Complex (Adverb Clause: “that it cannot be true“)
22. The boy who was lost yesterday has been found by the police.
Complex (Adjective Clause: “who was lost yesterday“)
23. Was he asleep or awake?
Compound (Two independent clauses: “Was he asleep” and “awake?“)
24. He went to the window to look out but found no one there.
Compound (Two independent clauses: “He went to the window to look out” and “found no one there“)
25. When the cat is away, the mouse is at play.
Complex (Adverb Clause: “When the cat is away“)