I like shopping and decorating the tree, and I also enjoy giving presents.(short sentence)

On Christmas Day, I love eating all the turkey, dressing, and pumpkin pie.(short sentence)

I look forward to being with the family and seeing my grandmother and nieces in particular.(short sentence)

I fertilize the grass every spring. I want to make it greener.(long sentence)

In many ways, the history of English words is the history of our civilization.(loose construction)

She was offered a professional contract after winning the Olympic gold medal for figure skating, according to newspaper reports.(periodic sentence)

There have beeen many great discoveries made by scientists in the twentieth century.(periodic sentence)

I returned to school following a long illness. The math teacher gave me make-up work. The history teacher made me drop her course.(compound-complex sentence)

A lot of men today get their hair styled. They use perfume and other cosmetics as well.(long sentence)

Clyde asked his wife if she had any bandages. He was dressed so sharply he was liable to cut himself to death.(long sentence)