Complex Sentences

Complex Sentences

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following presents the best way to revise this sentence: She is innocent, she has appealed to the court.

• She is innocent, but she has appealed to the court.

• She is innocent, so she has appealed to the court.

• She is innocent; but she has appealed to the court.

• No revision needed

Multiple Choice

Which of the following presents the best way to revise this sentence: The poem presents strong themes. The poem does not get a lot of attention.

• The poem presents strong themes; yet the poem does not get a lot of attention.

• The poem presents strong themes, yet it does not get a lot of attention.

• The poem presents strong themes, but the poem does not get a lot of attention.

• The poem presents strong themes, the poem does not get a lot of attention.

​A complex sentence is one or more independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses.

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• ​a dependent clause has a subject and a verb, BUT it does not make sense on its own.  WHY?? → AWUBIS!

• ​If a subordinating conjunction (AWUBIS) begins the dependent clauses, the clause must be followed by a comma.

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​Complex Sentences

​Examples:

Multiple Choice

What is an independent clause? 

• A simple sentence that can stand on its own. 

• A compound sentence. 

• It has a subject and verb but does not make sense on its own. 

Multiple Select

What is true about a dependent clause? Choose all that apply!

• It starts with an AWUBIS.

• It has a subject and verb but does not make sense on its own. 

• It needs an independent clause to help it make sense.

​Complex Sentences =

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​AWUBIS DEP, IND

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​OR

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​IND AWUBIS DEP

Multiple Choice

Which part of the following is the dependent clause: Although I did wake up on time, I arrived late to school.

• Although I did wake up on time

• I arrived late to school.

• Neither

Multiple Choice

Where should the comma be placed in the following sentence? Because softball is such a fun sport many people joined the team.

• Because, softball is such a fun sport many people joined the team.

• Because softball is such a fun sport, many people joined the team.

• Because softball is such a fun sport many, people joined the team.

Multiple Choice

Where should the comma be placed in the following sentence: The pep rally is going to be fun because the whole school will come together.

• The pep rally, is going to be fun because the whole school will come together.

• The pep rally is going to be fun because, the whole school will come together.

• No comma needed because the AWUBIS is in the middle. 

Open Ended

How could you combine these two simple sentence to create a grammatically-correct complex sentence? Kimberly and Karina are amazing individuals. They make a strong team.

Poll

On a scale of 1-5, to what extent do you think you understand complex sentences? 

• I don't think I understand. 

• I think I understand. 

• I know I've got this!