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Advanced Composition for Non-Native Speakers of English

Helen Keller

Directions: This is a sentence identification quiz. Please indicate whether each of the following sentences is simple, compound, or complex.

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1: Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, in 1880 and died in 1968.: Simple
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2: Until she was 19 months of age, her sight and hearing were normal.: Simple
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3: At the age of 19 months, a severe illness left her deaf and blind.: Simple
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4: When she was seven, she began her education in reading and writing with Anne Sullivan of the Perkins Institute for the Blind.: Simple
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5: Through persistence and stubbornness, Anne breaks through Helen's walls of silence and darkness and teaches her to communicate.: Simple
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6: Helen Keller learned to read by the Braille system, and she learned to write by using a specially constructed typewriter.: Simple
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7: Later, she entered Radcliffe College and graduated with honors in 1904.: Simple
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8: Helen Keller's story needed to be told, so in 1962, a beautiful movie was made about her life.: Simple
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9: "If there were only joy in the world, we could never learn to be brave and patient." -- Helen Keller: Simple
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10: "Life is either a daring adventure, or it is nothing." -- Helen Keller: Simple
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