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Simple, compound, complex, compound-complex

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    Choose if the sentence is simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex.
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  • When she found a parking space, she parked the car and got out.
    complex
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  • She sat down in the restaurant and ordered a sandwich.
    simple
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  • Myra was making toast when Katie walked into the kitchen, singing loudly.
    complex
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  • I knew that Joe was in trouble, but he always seemed a man who was not afraid of anything.
    compound-complex
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  • There's a man over there smiling at me.
    simple
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  • If you change your mind when you've had time to think about it, give me a call.
    complex
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  • We waved at the woman watering her plants.
    simple
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  • She took off her ring and threw it in the river.
    simple
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  • He was standing with his hands in his pockets and a quizzical look on his face.
    simple
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  • After a while, things went back to normal, and every day there was less excitement in their relationship than there had been the day before.
    compound-complex
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  • The old man told the reporter that some of the debris had landed in the sea close to where he was fishing, but that by the time he had sailed his boat to where the pieces had fallen, they had all disappeared beneath the waves.
    compound-complex
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