Complex Sentences

Complex Sentences

Sentence that has a main, or independent, clause and one or more suborinate, or dependent, clauses.

Dependent Clause (Opener)

• Dependent clause-Group of words with subject & Verb that depends on the MAIN clause to give it meaning

• Because she was hungry.

• As the large crowd stood in line to get the new iPhone.

• Since my mom, sister, and brother will be late to the party.

• While the children played with their new puppy.

Commas in Complex Sentences

*** Independent + dependent. --->

No Comma

*** AAAWWUBBIS + Dependent, independent clause. ---->

Comma separates clauses

After the game was over, we drove home.

We drove home after the game was over.

Subordinating Conjunctions

Multiple Choice

What is the DEPENDENT clause in the following sentence?
Since fourth grade, she'd kept a running list of them and liked to reread it to see if she could get the stories to go further in her head. 

• She'd kept a running list of them and liked to reread it to see if she could get the stories to go further in her head.
• Since fourth grade,

Multiple Choice

What is the DEPENDENT clause in the sentence below?
While he eats lunch, he talks about what he will eat for dinner.

• While he eats lunch,
• he talks about what he will eat for dinner.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is an independent clause?

• Jill likes to go to the beach.
• Whenever you finish.
• If you read The Outsiders.
• Before you eat breakfast.

Multiple Choice

Which word is not a subordinating conjunctions.

• If
• When
• While
• Summer

Multiple Choice

When a subordinating conjunction is in the middle of a sentence, a comma is required.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

When a subordinating conjunction starts a sentence, a comma is required.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

Subordinating conjunctions start which type of clauses?

• independent clauses
• dependent clauses
• both a and b
• simple sentences

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct complex sentence structure?

• One independent clause
• One dependent clause
• An independent clause and a dependent clause
• A simple sentence with a subject and verb