Complex Sentences

Choose the subordinating conjunction:

Call me when you arrive.

• Call

• me

• when

• you

• arrive

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Choose the group of words that is an independent clause

• When it was springtime.

• Before the cat woke up.

• I shook my head.

• Because I was happy.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

After which word in the sentence below should you place a comma?

When I go to the beach I always wear sunscreen.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

TRUE OR FALSE?

A complex sentence has an independent clause and dependent clause.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

An independent clause:

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

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

• can't be a sentence on its own

• makes a sentence complex

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

A dependent clause:

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

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

• can be a sentence on its own

• makes a sentence compound

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

while the band was playing

• This is an independent clause.

• This is a dependent clause.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

because she studied diligently

• This is an independent clause.
• This is a dependent clause.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

she studied diligently

• This is an independent clause.

• This is a dependent clause.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Decide which sentence is written correctly:

• When I get up in the morning, I am hungry.

• When I get up in the morning I am hungry.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A