Entry Exam Category: Graduate & Professional Program Admission Exams
Course: Praxis
Exam: Praxis 5002 Reading Practice Questions
Practice Question
Extract
(1)1 knew a lot of words, but I couldn't read a book. (2)1 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)1 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. -Sharon Draper, from Out of My Mind
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: B
Rationale: 3 and 5 complex with dependents. 1,2 compound independents. 1 compound, 4 simple. 2 compound, 6 simple. Clause types define sentence.