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Our journey toward complex sentence mastery will be assisted by three key word groups: the subordinating conjunctions, the relative clauses, and the noun-clause markers.
A complex sentence contains one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses, joined by a subordinating conjunction or a relative pronoun (that, who, which): I’m happy because we won the game. (“I’m happy” can be a complete sentence. “Because we won the game” cannot be a sentence by itself.)
Sentence Practice. Make a complex sentence by adding your details. For example: Because ________________ , my dog needs a bath. • Because it played in the mud, my dog needs a bath. After ________________ , my family usually goes for a walk along the river. • After washing the dishes, my family usually goes for a walk along the river. Questions:
A complex sentence always contains a subordinating conjunction or a relative pronoun which introduces the subordinate (dependent) clause. The dependent clause may occur at the beginning, at the end, or in the middle of a sentence. After we saw the movie, we went to dinner.
Complex Sentences Practice Exercise 1. Directions: In the following complex sentence, find the independent clause. The team worked and trained very hard that summer until their coach told them to take a break. Whenever his little brother comes home, Stephen goes outside and plays.
Complex and Compound-Complex Sentences. A complex sentence contains a main clause and one or more subordinate clauses. MAIN CLAUSE. We ate popcorn. SUBORDINATE CLAUSE. while we watched the movie. Do not be confused by the phrase we watched the movie, which is a complete sentence.
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