Complex Sentence Practice

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

What is the DEPENDENT clause in the sentence below?
While he eats lunch, he talks about what he will eat for dinner.

• While he eats lunch,

• he talks about what he will eat for dinner.

Identify whether the clause in blue below is dependent or independent.
Because she is holding the microphone so close to her face, each moment of contact sounds like a heavy blow.

• dependent clause

• independent clause

Identify the DEPENDENT clause in the following sentence:
You shouldn't lie to yourself either if you don't lie to anyone else in the world.

• You shouldn't lie to yourself either

• You shouldn't lie to yourself either if

• if you don't lie to anyone else in the world.

• you don't lie to anyone else in the world.

How can you join the independent clause "She enjoys painting" with the dependent clause "whenever she has free time" to form a complex sentence?

• She enjoys painting, but whenever she has free time.

• She enjoys painting whenever she has free time.

• Whenever she has free time, she enjoys painting.

• and C) are both correct.

Identify the complex sentence.

• When a sloth hangs upside down, its hair falls over its body.

• Sloths spend most of their days hanging upside down, so their hair grows differently than other hairy animals.

• Since sloths spend most of their days hanging upside down.

• Sloths spend most of their days hanging upside down.

Identify the complex sentence.

• As the days grow warmer.

• An Arctic fox fur is white in the winter and turns brown in the warmer seasons.

• An Arctic fox is white in winter.

• As the days grow warmer, an Arctic fox sheds its white wintertime coat.

Identify the complex sentence.

• Since crocodiles can't clean their own teeth, they let small birds called plovers pick leftover food off their teeth.

• Crocodiles can't clean their own teeth.

• Crocodiles open their mouths, so small birds called plovers can pick leftover food off their teeth.

• After small birds called plovers pick leftover food off the crocodile's teeth.

Identify the complex sentence.

• A beaver's front teeth are super strong and orange.

• Because beaver's front teeth contain an iron coating, it makes them super strong and orange.

• A beaver's front teeth have a coating containing iron, and that makes them super strong and orange.

• Since beaver's front teeth have a special iron coating.

Identify the complex sentence.

• A warthog's nose isn't very pretty, but it's perfect for finding food.

• A warthog's nose isn't very pretty to look at.

• If you had a warthog's nose, you wouldn't win a beauty contest.

• Although a warthog's nose isn't very pretty.