Complex Sentences

Identify the complex sentence.

• A beaver's front teeth are super strong and orange.

• Because beaver's front teeth contain an iron coating, it makes them super strong and orange.

• A beaver's front teeth have a coating containing iron, and that makes them super strong and orange.

• Since beaver's front teeth have a special iron coating.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Identify the complex sentence.

• Since crocodiles can't clean their own teeth, they let small birds called plovers pick leftover food off their teeth.

• Crocodiles can't clean their own teeth.

• Crocodiles open their mouths, so small birds called plovers can pick leftover food off their teeth.

• After small birds called plovers pick leftover food off the crocodile's teeth.

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

Identify the complex sentence.

• Although a rabbit's nose twitches.

• A rabbit's nose is packed with smell sensors, and its nose twitches for many different reasons.

• A rabbit's nose twitches for many reasons.

• A rabbit's nose twitches faster when it is interested or excited.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Identify the complex sentence.

• A warthog's nose isn't very pretty, but it's perfect for finding food.

• A warthog's nose isn't very pretty to look at.

• If you had a warthog's nose, you wouldn't win a beauty contest.

• Although a warthog's nose isn't very pretty.

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

Identify the complex sentence.

• When a sloth hangs upside down, its hair falls over its body.

• Sloths spend most of their days hanging upside down, so their hair grows differently than other hairy animals.

• Since sloths spend most of their days hanging upside down.

• Sloths spend most of their days hanging upside down.

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

Identify the complex sentence.

• As the days grow warmer.

• An Arctic fox fur is white in the winter and turns brown in the warmer seasons.

• An Arctic fox is white in winter.

• As the days grow warmer, an Arctic fox sheds its white wintertime coat.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Identify the complex sentence.

• Llamas have extra long eyelashes, and they act like a sunshade.

• It's like having built-in super dark sunglasses.

• Since a llama's eyelashes are thick and bushy.

• Since a llama's eyelashes are extra long, they also make great sunshades.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Identify the complex sentence.

• A bullfrog's eyes are on top of its head.

• A bullfrog's eyes are on top of it's head, so the frog can hide underwater.

• When a bullfrog dives underwater, their eyelids slide over its eyes.

• As a bullfrog dives underwater.

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

___________ a hammerhead shark's nostrils are so far apart, the shark can tell if the fishy scent is stronger to the left or right.

• If

• While

• Because

• When

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

________________ a horseshoe bat hangs upside down, it snorts high pitched noises out its nose and listens for echo signals by nearby insects.

• If

• While

• Because

• Although

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E