Fixing Complex Sentences

What is the main focus of the tutorial?

• Learning new vocabulary

• Practicing punctuation

• Fixing incorrectly written complex sentences

• Writing simple sentences

Which of the following sentences is a complex sentence?

• I went to the gym.

• After I left school yesterday, I went to the gym.

• I left school yesterday.

• I went to the gym and then I went home.

Where should the comma be placed in the sentence: 'After I left school yesterday I went to the gym'?

• After 'yesterday'

• After 'left'

• After 'I'

• No comma needed

Which part of the sentence 'While I was sitting on my couch, I watched Riverdale' is the dependent clause?

• While I watched Riverdale

• While I was sitting on my couch

• I watched Riverdale

• I was sitting on my couch

In the sentence 'I ate French toast for breakfast while I was at the hotel on Sunday morning', why is no comma needed?

• Because it is a simple sentence

• Because it is a compound sentence

• Because the dependent clause comes first

• Because the conjunction is in the middle

Which of the following is a subordinate conjunction?

• When

• But

• And

• Or

What is the correct way to write a complex sentence starting with a dependent clause?

• Dependent clause, independent clause

• Independent clause, dependent clause

• Dependent clause independent clause

• Independent clause dependent clause

Identify the error in the sentence: 'Julia watched TV, because she finished her homework.'

• Incorrect conjunction

• Comma should be removed

• No error

• Missing a comma

Which sentence is correctly written as a complex sentence?

• While she was running, nature ran circles around Kelsey.

• Neither A nor B

• Nature ran circles around Kelsey while she was running.

• Both A and B

When should you use a comma in a complex sentence?

• When the sentence ends with a dependent clause

• When the sentence ends with an independent clause

• When the sentence starts with a dependent clause

• When the sentence starts with an independent clause