Entry Exam Category: Graduate & Professional Program Admission Exams
Course: Praxis
Exam: Praxis Reading Language Arts 5002 Practice Test
Practice Question
Extract
(1) I knew a lot of words, but I couldn't read a book. (2) I had a million thoughts in my head, but I couldn't share them with anybody. (3) On top of that, people didn't really expect the kids in H-5 to learn much anyway. (4) It was driving me crazy! (5) I couldn't have been much more than six when Mrs. V figured out what I needed. (6) One afternoon after school, after a snack of ice cream with caramel sauce, she flipped through the cable channels and stopped at a documentary about some guy named Stephen Hawking.
Which of the following statements is true?
Answer Choices
- A: Sentences 1 and 2 are compound sentences.
- B: Sentences 3 and 5 are complex sentences.
- C: Sentence 1 is complex and sentence 4 is simple.
- D: Sentence 2 is complex and sentence 6 is compound.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Compound sentences have multiple independent clauses. Sentences 1 and 2 each have two clauses joined by 'but,' making A correct. Sentences 3 and 5 are not both complex; 3 is simple, 5 is complex. Sentence 1 is compound, not complex, and 6 is simple, not compound.