Fixing Complex Sentences

This video tutorial focuses on teaching students how to write and correct complex sentences. It explains the structure of complex sentences, highlighting the importance of using commas correctly when starting with a dependent clause. The tutorial provides examples and exercises for students to practice identifying and fixing errors in complex sentences. It concludes with a summary of the key points and a discussion on the two different ways to structure complex sentences.

What is the main focus of the tutorial?

• Learning new vocabulary

• Practicing punctuation

• Fixing incorrectly written complex sentences

• Writing simple sentences

Which of the following sentences is a complex sentence?

• I went to the gym.

• After I left school yesterday, I went to the gym.

• I left school yesterday.

• I went to the gym and then I went home.

Where should the comma be placed in the sentence: 'After I left school yesterday I went to the gym'?

• After 'yesterday'

• After 'left'

• After 'I'

• No comma needed

Which part of the sentence 'While I was sitting on my couch, I watched Riverdale' is the dependent clause?

• While I watched Riverdale

• While I was sitting on my couch

• I watched Riverdale

• I was sitting on my couch

In the sentence 'I ate French toast for breakfast while I was at the hotel on Sunday morning', why is no comma needed?

• Because it is a simple sentence

• Because it is a compound sentence

• Because the dependent clause comes first

• Because the conjunction is in the middle

Which of the following is a subordinate conjunction?

• When

• But

• And

• Or

What is the correct way to write a complex sentence starting with a dependent clause?

• Dependent clause, independent clause

• Independent clause, dependent clause

• Dependent clause independent clause

• Independent clause dependent clause

Identify the error in the sentence: 'Julia watched TV, because she finished her homework.'

• Incorrect conjunction

• Comma should be removed

• No error

• Missing a comma

Which sentence is correctly written as a complex sentence?

• While she was running, nature ran circles around Kelsey.

• Neither A nor B

• Nature ran circles around Kelsey while she was running.

• Both A and B

When should you use a comma in a complex sentence?

• When the sentence ends with a dependent clause

• When the sentence ends with an independent clause

• When the sentence starts with a dependent clause

• When the sentence starts with an independent clause