Complex Sentence
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English
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7th - 9th Grade
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Lynn Taruli
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By Lynn Taruli
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It is made up of:
one independent clause and
one or more dependent clauses joined by a conjunction
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e.g. My friends love playing badminton
subject predicate
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e.g. - When they were young, my friends love
playing badminton.
- My friends love playing badminton when
they were young.
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Subordinating Conjunctions
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Multiple Choice
What is an independent clause?
a clause that has only a verb.
a clause that cannot stand as a sentence in its own right
a clause that can stand on its own as a sentence.
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Multiple Choice
What is a dependent clause?
a clause that cannot stand as a sentence in its own right
a clause that has only a subject
a clause that can stand on its own as a sentence.
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Multiple Choice
Since the birds were chirping.
This is a dependent clause.
This is an independent clause.
This is a complex sentence.
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Multiple Choice
What word in this sentence is the subordinating conjunction?
While we ate dinner, no one looked at their phones.
We
ate
while
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Multiple Choice
I am glad we went camping because it was so fun!
This is a dependent clause.
This is an independent clause.
This is a complex sentence.
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Choice
If you need more time, I can give you more time.
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Multiple Choice
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Fill in the Blanks
Identify the subordinating conjunction in each sentence.
Although it was cloudy, we decided to go for a drive.
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Fill in the Blanks
Identify the subordinating conjunction in each sentence.
We wanted to go to the beach since the weather was still warm.
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Fill in the Blanks
Identify the subordinating conjunction in each sentence.
Because it looked like it might rain, we took our umbrellas.
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Choice
Since he saw a candy commercial, Mr. Smith wanted dessert.
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Because she is holding the microphone so close to her face, each moment of contact sounds like a heavy blow.
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Each moment of contact sounds like a heavy blow because she is holding the microphone so close to her face.
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Multiple Choice
Mrs. Nelson is probably a NY Giants fan since she has their logo on her desktop background.
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On the other hand I enjoy language arts.
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