Complex Sentence

Identify the Subordinating Conjunction:
I can’t reimburse you because you lost the money.

• I

• you

• because

Identify the Subordinating Conjunction:
We can go whenever you are ready.

• we

• you

• ready

• whenever

Identify the Subordinating Conjunction:
I will call you after I find the solution.

• I

• find

• solution

• after

Rewrite the sentence:
I will set the table while you cook dinner.

• While you cook dinner, I will set the table.

• While you cook dinner I will set the table.

• I will set the table, while you cook dinner.

Rewrite the sentence:
She carried on although she was exhausted.

• She carried on although, she was exhausted.

• Although she was exhausted she carried on.

• Although she was exhausted, she carried on.

Identify the depended clause.

• Alice played the piano

• while Mary played her flute

Which is the correct complex sentence structure?

• One independent clause

• One dependent clause

• An independent clause and a dependent clause

• A simple sentence with a subject and verb

Subordinating conjunctions start which type of clauses?

• independent clauses

• dependent clauses

• both a and b

• simple sentences

Can a subordinate clause stand alone?   (Hint: the child)

• Yes, it is a complete thought.

• No, it requires a independent clause to complete the thought.

• Neither a or b

Which are correctly written complex sentences?

• When I was a baby, my dad was in the army.

• Although I was tired.

• An adjective describes a noun.

• A proper noun needs to be capitalized.