Compound sentences and which are complex sentences. because our cups were empty, i brewed another pitcher of coffee for the office. when it is storming, my dog likes to watch the rainfall through the window. my parents have never been to my soccer practices, yet they never miss a game. check the library tomorrow, and ask if the book is ready to check out. as sheila drove away, the dust from the driveway blinded us.

1. complex sentence (dependent clause, independent clause)

2. complex sentence (dependent clause, independent clause)

3. compound sentence (two independent clauses)

4. compound sentence (two independent clauses)

5. complex sentence (dependent clause, independent clause)

Remember that compound sentences have 2 or more independent clauses (complete thoughts) while complex sentences have at least 1 indepedent clause and 1 dependent (incomplete thought)

- "a nonrestrictive clause functions as a modifier to a noun (that is an object, person or concept). these clauses can be described by the following three options: it is set off by comas, it contains a subject and a verbs and it adds nonessential information to the sentence.

for example, in "here is bill gates, who confounded microsoft software company" we can identify "who confounded microsoft software company" as a nonrestrictive clause modifying the noun bill gates. this clause can be describes as a nonrestrictive clause because it is separated by a comma, it adds nonessential information to identify who bill gates is and it must contain both a subject (who) and a verb (confounded)."