Sentence Structure: Practice #3

Front

In a COMPLEX SENTENCE, clauses can appear in any order.

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True

Front

A sentence with 1 independent clause and 1+ dependent clauses.

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Complex

Front

Dependent clause in: 'After the sun set, Batman went out on a date.'

Back

After the sun set,

Front

Identify the INDEPENDENT CLAUSE: Batman went out on a date after the sun set.

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Batman went out on a date.

Front

Identify the INDEPENDENT CLAUSE: 'While I laid awake in bed, my roommate snored away in his dreams.'

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my roommate snored away in his dreams

Front

Dependent clause in: 'While I laid awake in bed, my roommate snored away in his dreams.'

Back

While I laid awake in bed

Front

A ________________ has 1+ dependent + 2+ independent clauses.

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Compound-Complex

Front

Independent clause in: 'Batman ate a banana while the rest of his team went to fight Joker.'

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Batman ate a banana

Front

Identify the coordinating conjunction in: Bob runs the fastest in class, for he practices jogging every night.

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, for

Front

Not a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS):

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you