Identifying Simple and Compound Sentences
Exercise 11
Write whether each sentence is simple or compound.
1. Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning were poets.
3. Browning liked Elizabeth Barrett's poetry, and he wrote to her.
2. They were famous for their poetry and their love.
4. Elizabeth and Robert wrote hundreds of letters to each other.
5. Scholars and other people read and study these letters.
6. Elizabeth wanted to marry Robert, but her father forbade this.
7. The couple got married anyway, and they moved to Italy.
8. Her father never forgave her; he returned her letters unopened.
9. Elizabeth wrote love poems, and Robert wrote dramatic poems.
10. People still read and enjoy the couple's poems and letters.