Practice 1: Highlight the dependent clause(s) yellow and the independent clauses green in each sentence. Underline any conjunctions used. 1. When they were late, the principal got angry, and they had to stay for detention.
2. The girls stayed out until after midnight, so they got in trouble with their parents.
3. Carolyn scraped off the old paint, and Tommy sanded the wood while I went to buy some paint.
Practice 2: Identify each sentence as a simple sentence, compound sentence, complex sentence, or compound-complex sentence. Write the sentence type on the line provided.

Although Mexico has a better soccer team than America, it lost.
Sara passed the test because she studied hard, and she understood the material.

Nancy went shopping while Brent practiced the cello.

The teacher walked into the classroom, and he took attendance.

Jessica stayed home from school on Friday.

Even though Jessica stayed home from school, she still did her homework, so she wouldn’t have to do it when she returned.