Question

1. identify the following sentences as simple, compound, or complex. louis wants to be a chemist when he graduates from coll rodney plays the piano, and his brother raymond plays th violin. my cousin has lived in california since she was seven yea old. alexa screamed when she saw the mouse scurry across t floor. faith drinks coffee every morning with her breakfast. we went skiing on our last vacation; next year we will visit grand canyon. i took a walk yesterday because the temperature was comfortable. camerons class went to see the alamo on a field trip last

Explanation:

A simple sentence has one independent clause. A compound sentence has two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or etc.) or a semicolon. A complex sentence has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

1. "Louis wants to be a chemist when he graduates from college" has one independent clause "Louis wants to be a chemist" and a dependent clause "when he graduates from college", so it's complex.
2. "Rodney plays the piano, and his brother Raymond plays the violin" has two independent clauses "Rodney plays the piano" and "his brother Raymond plays the violin" joined by "and", so it's compound.
3. "My cousin has lived in California since she was seven years old" has one independent clause "My cousin has lived in California" and a dependent clause "since she was seven years old", so it's complex.
4. "Alexa screamed when she saw the mouse scurry across the floor" has one independent clause "Alexa screamed" and a dependent clause "when she saw the mouse scurry across the floor", so it's complex.
5. "Faith drinks coffee every morning with her breakfast" has one independent clause, so it's simple.
6. "We went skiing on our last vacation; next year we will visit Grand Canyon" has two independent clauses joined by a semicolon, so it's compound.
7. "I took a walk yesterday because the temperature was comfortable" has one independent clause "I took a walk yesterday" and a dependent clause "because the temperature was comfortable", so it's complex.
8. "Cameron's class went to see the Alamo on a field trip last" has one independent clause, so it's simple.

Answer:

1. Complex
2. Compound
3. Complex
4. Complex
5. Simple
6. Compound
7. Complex
8. Simple