Complex sentences

Combine each of the following pairs of sentences to create one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction.

1. Professional midwives are used widely in Europe, In the United States, they usually practice only in areas with few doctors.

Combine each of the following pairs of sentences to create one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction.

2. John Deere constructed his first steel plow in 1837, A new era began in farming.

Combine each of the following pairs of sentences to create one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction.

3. Stephen Crane describes battles in The Red Badge of Courage. He never saw a war.

Combine each of the following pairs of sentences to create one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction.

4. Elvis Presley died in 1977, Thousands of his fans gathered in front of his mansion.

Combine each of the following pairs of sentences to create one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction.

5. Jonas Salk developed the first polio vaccine in the 1950s, The number of polio cases in the United States declined.

Combine each of the following pairs of sentences to create one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction.

6. The salaries of baseball players rose in the 1980s, Some sportswriters predicted a drop in attendance at games.

Combine each of the following pairs of sentences to create one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction.

7. Margaret Sanger opened her first birth-control clinic in America in 1916, She was arrested and put in jail.

Combine each of the following pairs of sentences to create one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction.

8. Steven Spielberg directed some very popular movies. He did not win an Academy Award until Schindler’s List in 1993.