Complex Sentences
This type of clause can stand alone as a complete sentence.
What is an independent clause?
This tense is used for actions happening right now.
What is present tense?
This conjunctive adverb means "as a result."
What is "therefore"?
This preposition indicates a position above something else.
What is "over"?
This type of pronoun replaces specific nouns in a sentence.
What is a personal pronoun?
In the sentence "While I was studying, my sister watched TV," identify the dependent clause.
What is "While I was studying"?
In the sentence "I will walk to school tomorrow," identify the verb tense.
What is future tense?
Use the conjunctive adverb "however" in a sentence.
What is "I wanted to go to the party; however, I had too much homework"?
In the sentence "The book is on the table," identify the prepositional phrase.
What is "on the table"?
In the sentence "She gave him the book," identify the two pronouns.
What are "She" and "him"?
This word often begins a dependent clause in a complex sentence.
What is a subordinating conjunction?
Change the sentence "I eat breakfast" to past tense.
What is "I ate breakfast"?
This punctuation mark often follows a conjunctive adverb at the beginning of a sentence.
What is a comma?
Create a sentence using two different prepositions.
What is "The cat jumped over the fence and landed in the garden"?
This type of pronoun connects clauses or phrases in a sentence.
What is a relative pronoun?
Create a complex sentence using the words "because" and "homework."
What is "I couldn't go to the movies because I had homework"?
This tense is used for actions that were completed before another past action.
What is past perfect tense?
Name three conjunctive adverbs.
What are "moreover, consequently, furthermore"?
This type of phrase always begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun.
What is a prepositional phrase?
Use the relative pronoun "whose" in a sentence.
What is "The student whose paper was chosen won the contest"?
Explain the difference between a compound sentence and a complex sentence.
What is "A compound sentence has two independent clauses, while a complex sentence has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause"?
Create a sentence using three different verb tenses.
What is "I ate breakfast this morning, I am eating lunch now, and I will eat dinner later"?
Explain the function of a conjunctive adverb in a sentence.
What is "to connect related ideas between sentences or independent clauses"?
Name five common prepositions.
What are "in, on, at, by, with"?
Explain the difference between "who" and "whom."
What is "'Who' is used as the subject of a verb, while 'whom' is used as the object of a verb or preposition"?