Identify complex sentences

A complex sentence is comprised of:

• two independent clauses

• one independent clause alone

• an independent clause and a dependent clause

• two dependent clauses

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

because she studied diligently

• This is an independent clause.
• This is a dependent clause.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

I eat my lunch in the shade.

• This is an independent clause.
• This is a dependent clause.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Does this sentence need a comma?
Clowns juggled while the audience waited for the show to start.

• no comma
• comma after juggled

• comma after audience

• comma after waited

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

An independent clause:

• has a subject and a predicate but is not a complete thought

• has a subject and a predicate and is a complete thought

• can't be a sentence on its own

• makes a sentence complex

AAAWWUBBIS words begin ____________ clauses.

• independent

• dependent

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

If the dependent clauses is at the BEGINNING of the sentence, you should...

• put a comma after it

• leave the comma out

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

After which word in the sentence below should you place a comma?

When I go to the beach I always wear sunscreen.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

After which word in the sentence below should you place a comma?

After the girls rode their bikes to the library and bakery they took a rest beneath a large oak tree.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Fill in the blank with a dependent clause at the end of the complex sentence below. Make sure to put a comma at the beginning of the clause.

He knew that the detective was on to him _________________.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B