Crafting Complex Sentences in English

The video tutorial explains how to combine independent and dependent clauses to form complex sentences. It covers the characteristics of independent clauses, which can stand alone as complete sentences, and dependent clauses, which require additional information to form a complete idea. The tutorial introduces subordinating conjunctions, which link dependent clauses to main clauses, and provides examples of how to structure complex sentences with dependent clauses at the beginning or end.

What is an independent clause?

• A sentence fragment

• A complete sentence that can stand alone

• A sentence that needs extra information

• A sentence that starts with a subordinating conjunction

What is another term for a dependent clause?

• Simple sentence

• Sentence fragment

• Complete sentence

• Main clause

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a dependent clause?

• It expresses a complete idea

• It needs extra information to be complete

• It often starts with a subordinating conjunction

• It has a subject and a predicate

Which word is a subordinating conjunction?

• Because

• But

• Or

• And

What is the role of a subordinating conjunction?

• To start a main clause

• To join a subordinate clause to a main clause

• To join two independent clauses

• To end a sentence

What is the basic formula for a complex sentence?

• Dependent clause + dependent clause

• Independent clause + independent clause

• Independent clause + dependent clause

• Dependent clause + main clause

Where should a comma be placed in a complex sentence?

• After the dependent clause if it starts the sentence

• No comma is needed

• Before the dependent clause

• After the independent clause

Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?

• Tim will get home tonight, if the flight is on time.

• If the flight is on time, Tim will get home tonight.

• Tim will get home tonight if the flight is on time,

• If the flight is on time Tim will get home tonight.

What happens if a dependent clause starts a sentence?

• No punctuation is needed

• A comma is needed after the dependent clause

• A period is needed after the dependent clause

• A semicolon is needed after the dependent clause

Which of the following is an example of a complex sentence?

• If the flight is on time.

• The flight is on time.

• Tim will get home tonight if the flight is on time.

• Tim will get home tonight.