Exploring Complex Sentences

The video tutorial explains complex sentences, emphasizing the need for a subject, verb, and complete thought to form an independent clause. It distinguishes between independent clauses, phrases, and dependent clauses, highlighting that dependent clauses cannot stand alone. The tutorial covers different sentence structures, including simple, compound, and complex sentences, and introduces subordinating conjunctions using the acronym A WUBBI. It provides guidance on identifying clauses and constructing complex sentences with correct punctuation.

What is required to form a complete sentence?

• A subject, a verb, and a complete thought

• A complete thought

• Only a verb

• A subject and a verb

What does a simple sentence consist of?

• One independent clause

• One dependent clause

• A phrase

• Two independent clauses

What is a compound sentence?

• Two independent clauses combined

• Two or more dependent clauses

• A dependent clause followed by an independent clause

• A single independent clause

What does AWUBI stand for?

• A list of independent clauses

• A type of complex sentence

• Basic subordinating conjunctions

• Coordinating conjunctions

What happens when 'because' is added before an independent clause?

• It turns into a phrase

• It becomes a dependent clause

• It forms a compound sentence

• It remains an independent clause

How do you identify a dependent clause in a sentence?

• By bracketing it

• By underlining it

• By circling it

• By adding a comma

In which case do you not use a comma in a complex sentence?

• When the dependent clause comes first

• When the independent clause is absent

• When the independent clause comes first

• When the sentence is incomplete

What is the role of subordinating conjunctions in complex sentences?

• To end a sentence

• To replace punctuation

• To introduce a dependent clause

• To separate two independent clauses

What is necessary to form a complete sentence when using fragments?

• Correct punctuation

• A coordinating conjunction

• Multiple dependent clauses

• An additional independent clause

What does a complex sentence require when the dependent clause comes first?

• A comma

• No punctuation

• A semicolon

• A period