Question

1.
Since the movie would last two hours, after dropping off the kids, mother decided to go shopping.

SF (Sentence Fragment)
CX (Complex)
CD (Compound)
S (Simple Sentence)

2.
Kelly read The Plague as her summer novel.

SF
CX
S
CD

3.
Lawmakers frustrated with all the delays.

SF
CX
S
CD

4.
We knew that we would lose the game and the opportunity of a state championship.

SF
CD
S
CX

Answer 1

Here are the answers to the given statements above:
1. The given sentence is an example of a complex sentence. This sentence includes an independent clause and dependent clause.
2. The given sentence is an example of a simple sentence. It only contains one independent clause.
3. This is an example of a fragment sentence, which misses the predicate.
4. This is an example of a simple sentence having a compound predicate. Hope this answer helps.