Complex Sentences

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

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Which word is not a subordinating conjunctions.

• If
• When
• While
• Summer

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TEKS.ELA.3.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.VI

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.VI

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.

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Unless you are going to graduate you will not need to apply for your diploma. 
Where does the comma belong?

• Between unless and you
• Between graduate and you
• Between not and need
• This complex sentence does not need a comma

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What word in this sentence is the subordinating conjunction?

While we ate dinner, no one looked at their phones.

• We

• ate

• looked

• while

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Since the birds were chirping.

• This is a dependent clause.

• This is an independent clause.

• This is a complex sentence.

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What is the dependent clause in the sentence below:

After they had looked for several days, Officer Rate had to admit that no teeth had been found.

• Officer Rate had to admit

• no teeth had been found

• After they had looked for several days

• had to admit

Tags

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.E1.9.C

TEKS.ELA.E1.9.D.V

TEKS.ELA.E2.9.C

TEKS.ELA.E2.9.D.V

What is the subordinating conjunction in the following sentence:

Because Grandpa lost his teeth, the whole town was suffering.

• Grandpa

• Because

• teeth

• suffering

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TEKS.ELA.2.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.VI

What is the subordinating conjunction in the following sentence:

When tourists saw all the smiling faces, they were scared.

• When

• smiling

• faces

• scared

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TEKS.ELA.2.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.VI

_________ I did my homework, I ate my snack.

• While

• Because

• After

• Unless

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CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.3.6