Complex Sentences Review

What is the fundamental structure of a complex sentence?

• Two or more independent clauses.

• A single independent clause.

• One independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.

• A single dependent clause.

What characteristic defines a dependent clause?

• It can express a complete thought on its own.

• It always begins with a coordinating conjunction.

• It relies on an independent clause to convey a complete thought.

• It must contain both a subject and a predicate.

Which of the following words is a subordinating conjunction?

• And

• But

• When

• Or

How many dependent clauses can a complex sentence contain?

• Exactly one dependent clause.

• A maximum of two dependent clauses.

• One or more dependent clauses.

• Only dependent clauses at the beginning of the sentence.