Exploring Complex Sentences and Their Structure

This video tutorial explains complex sentences, which consist of one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. It introduces the concept of dependent clauses and subordinating conjunctions, providing examples to illustrate how they function within complex sentences. The video also discusses the flexibility in the order of clauses and the possibility of including multiple dependent clauses in a single complex sentence.

What is required for a sentence to be considered complex?

• Only dependent clauses

• A minimum of three independent clauses

• One independent clause and any number of dependent clauses

• At least two independent clauses

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What cannot stand alone as a sentence?

• A simple sentence

• A compound sentence

• A dependent clause

• An independent clause

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CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

What word is an example of a subordinating conjunction?

• Although

• But

• Or

• And

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Can a complex sentence contain more than one dependent clause?

• Yes, but only two

• No, it must contain two independent clauses

• Yes, without any limits

• No, only one is allowed

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Which of the following is a correct example of a complex sentence?

• Although it was raining, we went for a hike.

• I enjoy swimming and running.

• He works hard and succeeds.

• She laughed but didn't answer.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B