English Language about Complex Sentences

english language complex sentences

1. This baby doesn’t know How to eat on his own

2. This baby doesn’t know How to eat on his own So he’s Dependent

3. This baby knows How to eat on her own

4. This baby knows How to eat on her own So she’s Independent

5. A group of words that has a subject and a verb Clause Also a clause can be Dependent or Independent

6. Independent clause Can stand alone

7. Dependent clause Can’t stand alone

8. We can add some words to a dependent clause Like: When / After / Before / Because While / Until / IF / Unless

9. After it stops raining , I will go out.

10. Unless it stops raining , I can’t go out.

11. When I help others , I feel happy.

12. Because of the sand storm , we went home early.

13. Jane eats pasta b ecause she was hungry.

14. Sam went to the park after he finished school .

15. When / After / Before / Because While / Until / IF / Unless are called Subordinating conjunctions

16. A sentence that has : Independent clause + subordinating conjunction + dependent clause i s called Complex Sentence

17. In a Complex Sentence If it starts by the dependent c lause we put a comma 2. If it starts by the independent clause we don’t put a comma

18. In a Complex Sentence If it starts by the dependent clause we put a comma Because the comma tells you that the idea didn’t finish yet

19. Now we know 3 types of sentences Simple : one independent clause I will go to the park later 2. Compound : has more than 1 independent clause I will go to the park and play all-day 3. Complex : has 1 dependent + 1 independent After I finish my homework, I will go to the park