Complex sentences

The man scratched his beard.

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Verb

Subject

The fish swam.

Verb

Subject

Simple sentences.

Simple sentences always contain a subject and a verb.

Write a simple sentence below:

The baby was crying.

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Subordinate conjunction

Complex sentences using a subordinate conjunction

A complex sentence is made up of a main clause and then one or more dependent clauses. One way to do this is to use a subordinate conjunction.

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The fish was swimming

Use a subordinate conjunction to turn this sentence into a complex sentence.

The baby was crying because he was hungry.

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Subordinate

conjunctions

If

Since

As

When

Although

While

After

Before

Until�Because

Subordinate

conjunctions

If

Since

As

When

Although

While

After

Before

Until�Because

Simple sentence:

Complex sentence:

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Instructions

Write a simple sentence below, then rewrite it as complex sentence using a subordinate conjunction.

Subordinate

conjunctions

If

Since

As

When

Although

While

After

Before

Until�Because

Simple sentence:

Complex sentence:

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Instructions

Write a simple sentence below, then rewrite it as complex sentence using a subordinate conjunction.

Subordinate

conjunctions

If

Since

As

When

Although

While

After

Before

Until�Because

Simple sentence:

Complex sentence:

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Instructions

Write a simple sentence below, then rewrite it as complex sentence using a subordinate conjunction.

Subordinate

conjunctions

If

Since

As

When

Although

While

After

Before

Until�Because

Simple sentence:

Complex sentence:

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Instructions

Write a simple sentence below, then rewrite it as complex sentence using a subordinate conjunction.