Complex Sentences and Subordinating Conjunctions

Sometimes, we can see the moon during the day.

• Complex

• Not Complex

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

The moon looks bright because light from the sun bounces off it.

• Complex

• Not Complex

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

It is easier to see the moon after the sun sets.

• Complex

• Not Complex

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

The moon circles Earth in about twenty-seven days.

• Complex

• Not Complex

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

We see the different phases of the moon when it circles Earth.

• Complex

• Not Complex

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

Scientists knew little about the moon's surface until they sent landers there.

• Complex

• Not Complex

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

Scientists did not want the landers to sink into the moon's dusty surface.

• Complex

• Not Complex

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

Twelve astronauts walked on the moon between 1969 and 1972.

• Complex

• Not Complex

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

Before the astronauts returned to Earth, they gathered samples of moon rocks and soil.

• Complex

• Not Complex

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E