Complex Sentences

Choose the subordinating conjunction:

Call me when you arrive.

• Call

• me

• when

• you

• arrive

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.4.1F

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

When I go to the beach I always wear sunscreen.

TRUE OR FALSE?

A complex sentence has an independent clause and dependent clause.

• True

• False

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.4.1F

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.4.1F

while the band was playing

• This is an independent clause.

• This is a dependent clause.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

because she studied diligently

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

she studied diligently

• This is an independent clause.

• This is a dependent clause.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

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.