Directions:

1. Read each sentence closely to comprehend its message.
   
2. Identify each sentence as Simple, Compound, Complex, or Compound-Complex.
   
3. In each sentence, identify a subject-verb combination in all dependent and independent clauses.
4. Identify dependent clauses as Adverbial, Adjective, or Noun.
5. When finished, hover the cursor over the sentence to check your answers.
   

from “The Picture of Dorian Gray” by Oscar Wilde

You seem to forget that I am married, and the one charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties. I never know where my wife is, and my wife never knows what I am doing.

The reason I will not exhibit this picture is that I am afraid that I have shown in it the secret of my own soul. The moment I met you I saw that you were quite unconscious of what you really are, of what you really might be. There was so much in you that charmed me that I felt I must tell you something about yourself. I thought how tragic it would be if you were wasted.

Abbreviations

• S – simple sentence     C- compound sentence   CX – complex sentence    C-Cx – compound-complex sentence
• IND – independent clause     DEP – dependent clause
• Adv – dependent adverbial clause
• Adj – dependent adjective clause
• N-S – dependent noun clause functioning as a subject
• N-OV – dependent noun clause functioning as object of a verb
• N-OP – dependent noun clause functioning as object of a preposition
• N-NC – dependent noun clause functioning as noun complement
• N-AC – dependent noun clause functioning as adjective complement