State the whether the following sentences are simple, complex or compound.
Answers
1. If you eat too much you will get fat. (Complex sentence)
2. I will have a think and let you know. (Compound sentence)
3. Having been there before he knew what to expect. (Simple sentence)
4. We got our roof blown off in the storm last week. (Simple sentence)
5. I went to see him, but he told me to get out. (Compound sentence)
6. It was John who paid for the drinks. (Complex sentence)
7. My grandfather died in a hospital. (Simple sentence)
8. I thought it strange that she hadn’t written. (Complex sentence)
9. I looked a real fool when I fell in the river. (Complex sentence)
10. I wasn’t the cleverest but I was the most beautiful. (Compound sentence)
11. You don’t have to carry identity papers in England. (Simple sentence)
12. That’s the girl who lives in the flat upstairs. (Complex sentence)

