Complex Sentences

Composed of one indpendent clause

Can include compound subjects and predicates

Composed of two or more independent clauses

Use FANBOYS

Composed of one independent clause and one dependent clause

The clauses are joined by a subordinating conjunction (AWUBIS)

A: after, as, as if, as long as

W: while, when, which, where, whether

U: until, unless

B: before, because

I: if, if only, in order to

S: so, since, so that

Martin and Nick will go to the waterpark unless there is a thunderstorm.

Since we want to go on vacation this summer, my family made a budget to save money.

You can wrap the cakes and pies and deliver them after they are baked.

If the sentence starts with the subordinating conjunction, a comma will follow that clause

Example: After the game, we will go buy ice cream.