Grammar Lessons 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Instructions:
Read, study, and learn this lesson. Then do the exercise. When you are
satisfied that you understand the lesson, take the test.
Complex sentences Short sentences can be made into complex sentences and arranged according to how important they are. The most important sentence will be an independent clause, and the less important sentence will be a dependent clause. 1. An independent clause is a group of words that contains a verb and a subject and expresses a complete thought. 2. A clause that cannot stand alone but depends on another clause is a dependent clause. 3. A dependent clause adds an item of information to an independent clause and causes it to sound incomplete: Complete: We .had. lunch. (independent clause) Incomplete: Before the game .started. (dependent clause)
4. A dependent clause only makes sense and sounds complete with an independent clause:
Complete: {Before the game started}, we .had. lunch. 5. A complex sentence contains an independent clause and at least one dependent clause. Example: {Before the party started}, we .sang. happy birthday. 6. A complex sentence contains one complete thought and one or more incomplete thoughts.
Exercise, Lesson 21
Instructions: Read, study, and memorize the key teaching points regarding this lesson. When you can recall and discuss the information with understanding, take the test. What to learn about complex sentences: 1. Short sentences can be made into complex sentences and arranged according to how important they are.
2. In
complex sentences, the most important sentence will be an independent
clause, and the less important sentence will be a dependent clause.
3. An independent clause is a group of words that contains a verb and a subject and expresses a complete thought. 4. A clause that cannot stand alone but depends on another clause is a dependent clause.
5. A dependent clause adds an item of information to an independent clause and causes it to sound incomplete.
6. A dependent clause only makes sense and sounds complete with an independent clause.
7. A complex sentence contains an independent clause and at least one dependent clause. Example: {Before the party started}, we sang happy birthday. 8. A complex sentence contains one complete thought and one or more incomplete thoughts.
Test, Lesson 21
Instructions: Write the sentences on a separate sheet of paper and answer all of the questions.
1. How can short sentences be arranged within complex sentences?
2. Which sentence will be the independent clause? 3. Which sentence will be the dependent clause? 4. What is an independent clause? 5. What type of clause needs another clause in the sentence? 6. What does a dependent clause do in a sentence? 7. When does a dependent clause make sense? 8. How is a complex sentence made up? 9. Which clause makes a complete thought and which one makes an incomplete thought. |