Complex Sentence Quiz

A (n) _____________clause CAN'T stand on its own as a sentence.

• independent

• dependent

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

True or False: When a dependent clause comes at the START of a complex sentence, you need to put a comma after it.

• true

• false

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

How do you create a complex sentence?

• by linking 2 dependent clauses

• by linking 2 independent clauses

• by linking an independent clause with a dependent clause

• by adding a commas to the sentences

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Which of the following is an INDEPENDENT clause?

• After the rain,

• I don't like snakes.

• Until the bus came.

• While we waited,

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which of the following is the DEPENDENT clause?

• Because she was too young,

• The dog ran into the forest.

• Jesse climbed a mountain.

• I can speak Spanish.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What do SUBORDINATING CONJUCTIONS do?

• tell you when to pause in a sentence

• tell what the subject is doing

• stand on their own as sentences

• link clauses

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Which of the following is a complex sentence?

• It's a good to reduce, reuse and recycle.

• Even though it takes more time, we should recycle.

• Pollution is bad for the environment.

• I would never throw trash on the ground.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

Read the sentence, and choose the INDEPENDENT clause?

Niko won't go to the dentist unless his dad goes with him.

• Niko won't go to the dentist

• Unless his dad

• Unless his dad goes with him

• To the dentist

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Read the sentence, and choose where a comma should go.

Since Mara stopped playing piano the house has been a lot quieter.

• after the word

  "Mara"

• after the word

  "piano"

• after the word "house"

• The sentence does not need a comma.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which of these is a complex sentence that has the correct punctuation?

• Suzanne didn't believe in ghosts until she heard, a noise in the attic.

• Until she heard a noise in the attic Suzanne didn't believe in ghosts.

• Until she heard a noise in the attic, Suzanne didn't believe in ghosts.

• Suzanne didn't believe in ghosts until, she heard a noise in that attic.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E