Complex Sentences using AAAWWUBBIS

What does a complex sentence contain?

• an independent clause and a dependent clause.

• only a dependent clause

Write your own simple sentence.

Write a sentence starting with the AAAWWUBBIS word "After."  **Remember to put your comma in the correct place (use the example on the screen).

What is the AAAWWUBBIS word in the following sentence?

"Although he is tired, Ryan plays outside."

• Although

• tired

• outside

What is the dependent clause (incomplete thought, can't stand on its own) in the following sentence?

"Although he is tired, Ryan plays outside." 

• Ryan plays outside.

• Although he is tired, 

What is the independent clause (complete, simple sentence) in the following sentence? 

"Although he is tired, Ryan plays outside." 

• Ryan plays outside. 

• Although he is tired,