Adjective Clauses

Complex sentences continued:

What are complex sentences

Multiple Choice

An independent clause

• has a subject and a predicate but is not a complete thought

• can't be a sentence on its own

• has a subject and a predicate and is a complete thought

• makes a sentence complex

Multiple Choice

A dependent clause

• has a subject and a predicate but is not a complete thought

• can be a sentence on its own

• has a subject and a predicate and is a complete thought

• makes a sentence compound

Multiple Choice

because she studied hard

• This is an independent clause.

• This is a dependent clause.

Multiple Choice

while the band was playing

• This is an independent clause.

• This is a dependent clause.

Multiple Choice

although I ate my lunch

• This is an independent clause.

• This is a dependent clause.

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I ate my lunch in the shade.

• This is an independent clause.

• This is a dependent clause.

who, whom, whose, where,
when, which, that, and why

Another way to write

complex sentences are using

these words:

Where is the independent

clause?

● The man who is standing over

there is my cousin.

Multiple Choice

Where is the independent clause?

• The man is my cousin.

• who is stand there

• there is not independent clause

Where is the independent

clause?

● The woman whose shoe is off

was my teacher.

Multiple Choice

Where is the independent clause?

• Whose shoe is off

• The woman was my teacher.

• There is no independent clause.

Where is the independent

clause?

● The city where I am from is very

cold.

Multiple Choice

Where is the independent clause?

• There is no independent clause.

• where I am from

• The city is very cold.

Multiple Choice

The man _________________ was speaking to us was very tall.

• who
• which
• whose

Multiple Choice

The woman _________________ bought the dress did not speak English.

• which
• who
• whose

Multiple Choice

That's the cat _________________ we saw yesterday.

• that
• either A or C
• which

Multiple Choice

What's the name of that guy _________________ party we went to last week? 

• that
• whose
• which

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The computer _______ I bought last week is already broken.

• when
• which
• whom

Multiple Choice

That is the place _______ Max works.

• whose
• whom
• where

Multiple Choice

I don't know the name of the woman to _____ I spoke on the phone. 

• whom
• who
• which

Multiple Choice

Taylor has a new car, ____ is twice as big as his old one.

• who 
• which 
• that