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WorksheetsComplex Sentences & Comma Usage
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 29mins
A complex sentence...
has two independent clauses.
has an independent clause that is joined by one or more dependent clauses.
has a subject and a verb.
has a comma and conjunction.
Identify the complex sentence.
Romeo and Juliet are infatuated by one another's good looks.
Because Juliet reciprocates his affection, Romeo is no longer heartbroken.
Benvolio provides support, but Tybalt creates conflict.
The feud between the patriarchs kills their children.
A dependent clause can stand on its own.
True
False
When a complex sentence begins with a subordinate conjunction, a ___is required at the end of the dependent clause.
comma
period
semicolon
colon
Identify the sentence that begins with a dependent clause.
Lord Capulet is offended when Juliet refuses to marry Paris.
When Juliet refuses to marry Paris, she offends her father.
Romeo and Juliet are irrational and naive.
Friar Lawrence attempts to guide the young lovers.
Identify the two correctly punctuated complex sentences.
After my mother reviewed my report card, she gave me a kiss.
My mother gave me a kiss, after she reviewed my report card.
Although I love my job, I could use a vacation.
I could use a vacation, even though I love my job.
Identify the independent clause in the following complex sentence:
When Romeo overhears Juliet's soliloquy, he gains the courage to express his intimate feelings.
he gains the courage to express his intimate feelings.
When Romeo overhears Juliet's soliloquy,
If
When
While
Summer
Which sentence is an independent clause?
Leah likes to go to the beach.
Whenever you finish.
If you read The Outsiders.
Before you eat breakfast.
Correctly written and punctuated
Not correctly punctuated
Almost correctly punctuated
None of the above
Which of the following is a dependent clause?
While you were outside.
If you don't study.
When you get to the goal.
All of the above.
Which of the following is a dependent clause?
If the band marches in the parade.
When you purchase candy.
Although it is snowing.
All of the above
Can a subordinate clause stand alone?
A. Yes, it is a complete thought.
B. No, it requires an independent clause to complete the thought.
Neither a or b
True
False
Incorrectly punctuated
Correctly punctuated
Which is a correctly written complex sentences?
When Manuel arrived, he ate breakfast.
Although I was tired.
When he left.
A proper noun needs to be capitalized.
Because Fatima was hungry she had a snack
between hungry and she
between Fatima and was
between she and had
A _________ clause is a clause that can stand on its own, it does not need to be joined by another clause to be a complete sentence.
independent clause
dependent clause
A________ clause does not express a complete thought, it MUST be joined by another clause in order to make a sentence proper.
independent clause
dependent clause
Choose the words that might begin a dependent clause.
before
after
because
when
even though
