SENTENCE TYPES – COMPLEX and COMPOUND-COMPLEX #2

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.
When you combine independent and subordinate clauses in a COMPLEX sentence, do you need a comma between them? It depends.
• When a subordinate clause comes before an independent clause, you always need a comma between the two clauses.
• Don’t put a comma between them if the independent clause is first.
In COMPOUND-COMPLEX sentences, you have to follow the clause-combining rules for both compound sentences AND complex sentences.
What punctuation do you need to turn the following sets of clauses into COMPOUND-COMPLEX sentences?