Complex Sentences | Video Lessons

This lesson covers complex sentences, explaining how to identify and construct them using independent and dependent clauses. It includes activities to practice identifying clauses, joining them with subordinating conjunctions, and creating complex sentences. The lesson also provides resources like worksheets and videos to aid learning.

What is the main focus of this lesson?

• Simple sentences

• Complex sentences

• Compound sentences

• Exclamatory sentences

Which of the following is a characteristic of an independent clause?

• It always starts with a conjunction

• It lacks a subject

• It is a complete thought

• It cannot stand alone

Identify the independent clause in the sentence: 'Whenever I go out in the sun, I wear a hat.'

• I go out in the sun

• Whenever I go out in the sun

• I wear a hat

• Whenever I go out

Which of these is a subordinating conjunction?

• And

• Or

• Although

• But

What is the role of subordinating conjunctions in complex sentences?

• To join two independent clauses

• To end a sentence

• To join a dependent clause to an independent clause

• To start a sentence

Choose the correct conjunction to complete the sentence: '_____ it was cold, he decided to go swimming.'

• Because

• Although

• If

• When

In the sentence 'When the water boils, turn off the stove,' which part is the dependent clause?

• Turn off the stove

• The water boils

• Boils, turn off

• When the water boils

What should you remember when starting a sentence with a dependent clause?

• Use an exclamation mark

• Use a period

• Use a comma

• Use a semicolon

Which sentence correctly uses a subordinating conjunction?

• I will go to the park or it rains.

• I will go to the park if it rains.

• I will go to the park, and it rains.

• I will go to the park, but it rains.

What is a key feature of a complex sentence?

• It contains two independent clauses

• It contains only a dependent clause

• It contains an independent and a dependent clause

• It contains no clauses