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What are complex
sentences?
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Complex sentences
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Complex sentences
A complex sentence has one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses.
The dominoes toppled when I touched them.
Because I was alone, no-one knew who had touched them.
The subordinate clauses add meaning to the main clause.
main subordinate
main
subordinate
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Complex sentences
Where are the clauses in these complex sentences? What role does each subordinate clause have?
Before the sun rises, pack your gear quietly.
The blue shirt, which is my favourite, was torn to shreds.
You’ll be in big trouble when Dad gets home.
Bananas are expensive now because storms destroyedthe crops.
mainadverbial
main mainadjectival
main adverbial
main adverbial
Dad wanted to munch popcorn while
the movie was playing, but Mum said
that was bad manners.
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Complex sentences
A compound-complex sentence combinescompound and complex sentences: two or more
main clauses and one or more subordinate clauses.
When the movie starts, you get the popcorn and
I’ll turn off the lights.subordinate
subordinate
main
main
main
main
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Complex sentences
• A clause has a subject (the person or thing the clause is about) and a predicate (the verb plus any objects and modifiers).• A complex sentence has one main clause
and one or more subordinate clauses.• A compound-complex sentence has two
or more main clauses and one or more subordinate clauses.
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Complex sentences
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