Complex Sentences

What are the two parts of a complex sentence?

• dependent clause

• independent clause

• keyword

• noun or pronoun (not possessive)

• verb (doesn't have to be action)

Can a keyword join two complete sentences together?

• yes

• no

Do you have a complex sentence every time you see a keyword in a sentence?

• no

• yes

Is BECAUSE or BECAUSE OF always a keyword?

• because

• because of

Is the keyword in the dependent or independent clause?

• dependent clause

• independent clause

• neither--this is a trick question

What are the three parts of a dependent clause in order? Choose the best answer.

• keyword (subordinating conjunction), noun/pronoun (can't be possessive), verb (doesn't have to be action)

• keyword (coordinating conjunction), noun/pronoun (can't be possessive), verb (doesn't have to be action)

• keyword (subordinating conjunction), noun/pronoun (must be possessive), verb (doesn't have to be action)

• keyword (subordinating conjunction), noun/pronoun (can't be possessive), verb (can't be action)

• keyword (subordinating conjunction), noun/pronoun (can't be possessive), verb (must be action)

After her terrible day, she went straight to bed.

• complex

• not complex--no keyword in the sentence

• not complex--no noun/pronoun following the keyword

• not complex--there is not a verb in what could have been the "dependent clause"

She will be in big trouble if her parents find out what she did.

• She will be in big trouble--This is the dependent clause.

• if her parents find out what she did--This is the dependent clause.

• This sentence is not complex. There is not a dependent clause.

Is the keyword in the dependent or independent clause?

• dependent clause

• independent clause

A comma is needed in a complex sentence when

• the dependent clause is before the independent clause.

• the independent clause is before the dependent clause.

• A comma is never needed in a complex sentence.

• A comma is always needed in a complex sentence.