SENTENCE TYPES – COMPLEX and COMPOUND-COMPLEX

OBJECTIVES:
1. Students should understand that…
a. A complex sentence contains one independent clause and at least one subordinate clause.
b. A compound-complex sentence contains two independent clauses and at least one subordinate clause.
c. In a complex sentence, if the subordinate clause comes before the independent clauses, you must put a comma between the two clauses; if the independent clause comes before the subordinate clause, no comma is necessary.
2. Students should be able to…
a. Identify examples of simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.
b. Correctly combine subordinate clauses with independent clauses.
c. Write examples of complex and compound-complex sentences.