Free Praxis 5002 Practice Test Practice Question
Scenario/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?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Option A accurately identifies that sentences 1 and 2 are compound sentences, as they each contain two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction.
Option B incorrectly categorizes sentences 3 and 5 as complex; a complex sentence must include a dependent clause, which these sentences do not have.
Option C misclassifies sentence 1 as complex; it is compound instead, and sentence 4 is not a simple sentence as it contains multiple clauses.
Option D wrongly claims sentence 2 is complex; it is compound, and sentence 6 does not fit the definition of a compound sentence, lacking the necessary independent clauses.
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