3.句子分类练习

Exercises of Sentence Types

Identify the sentence type of the following sentences: (Simple, Compound, Complex, or Compound-complex sentence?)

1.Helen Keller was born in Alabama, in 1880.

2.Until she was 19 months of age, her sight and hearing were normal.

3.At the age of 19 months, a serious illness made her deaf and blind.

4.When she was seven, she began her education in reading and writing with Anne

Sullivan of the Perkins Institute for the Blind.

5.Helen Keller learned to read by the Braille system, and she learned to write by

using a specially constructed typewriter.

6.Helen Keller’s story needed to be told, so in 1962, a beautiful movie was made

about her life.

7.“Life is either a daring adventure, or it is nothing”

8.The question is how he did it.

9.I’d like to go with you; however, my hands are full.

10.My mother walks up the hill every day, but my father stays home because he is

lazy.

11.After they got married, they had to learn to manage their own home.

12.All the members of the group discussed the research project quite carefully in the

laboratory last weekend.

13.People spread germs by hand-to-hand contact, so you should wash your hands

frequently if you want to avoid certain disease.

14.Three months passed, yet still there was no sign of rain.

15.Even though he failed, he won’t give up his ideals.

16.What he has done is none of my business.

17.By the time he arrived home, I had already cleaned the house.

18.He is very busy preparing IELTS; therefore, he has no time to play.

19.He made it quite clear that he preferred to study English.

20.Having finished his homework, John would often turn on the TV.