Complex and Compound-Complex Sentence Review

12/6 – 12/10

Quick Review• Independent Clause: a group of words

that contains a subject, a predicate, and a complete thought.

• Dependent Clause: a simple sentence that contains a subordinator (while, if, since, because, after, before, etc)

• Dependent Clause: an incomplete thought (missing either a subject or a predicate)

Complex Sentence

• Complex Sentence: a complete sentence that includes an independent clause (a simple sentence) and a dependent clause.

Complex Sentence

• After I watched “Family Guy,” I decided to never name my child Stewie.

• IC:

Complex Sentence

• After I watched “Family Guy,” I decided to never name my child Stewie.

• IC: I decided to never name my child Stewie.

SUBJECTPREDICATE

Complex Sentence

• After I watched “Family Guy,” I decided to never name my child Stewie.

• DC: After I watched “Family Guy,”

SUBJECT

SUBORDINATOR

PREDICATE

Your Turn

• Write TWO original examples of a complex sentence.

Common Subordinators:Because After Before WheneverIf While Until WhereverSince When Although So long as

Review of Sentences Thus Far…

• Simple Sentence: Contains a subject and a predicate (aka an independent clause).

• Compound Sentence: Contains two or more simple sentences (ICs) joined by a conjunction (FANBOYS)

• Complex Sentence: Contains an independent clause and a dependent clause.

Compound-Complex Sentence

• Compound-Complex: Contains two independent clauses joined by one of the FANBOYS and a dependent clause– A combination of a compound sentence and a complex

sentence

• Everything that is present in a compound sentence and a complex sentence MUST be present to be considered a compound-complex sentence.

Compound Sentence = IC + FANBOYS + IC

Complex Sentence = IC + DC

So…

Compound-Complex = IC + FANBOYS + IC + DC

Now, let’s break it down more…

Compound-Complex

IC + FANBOYS + IC + DC

COMPOUND COMPLEX

Compound-Complex

• Kyle is Stan’s friend, but Kyle doesn’t like Cartman because he is anti-Semitic.

• Compound Sentence:

Compound-Complex

• Kyle is Stan’s friend, but Kyle doesn’t like Cartman because he is anti-Semitic.

• Compound Sentence: Kyle is Stan’s friend, but Kyle doesn’t like Cartman

ICCONJUNCTION

IC

Compound-Complex

• Kyle is Stan’s friend, but Kyle doesn’t like Cartman because he is anti-Semitic.

• Complex Sentence:

Compound-Complex

• Kyle is Stan’s friend, but Kyle doesn’t like Cartman because he is anti-Semitic.

• Complex Sentence: Kyle doesn’t like Cartman because he is anti-Semitic.

DC

IC

Is this a Compound-Complex Sentence?

• Butters is a naïve character, but he is also very loyal.

Compound-Complex SentenceIC + Conjunction + IC + DC

Is this a Compound-Complex Sentence?

• Butters is a naïve character, but he is also very loyal.

• No- it is missing a __________.

Compound-Complex SentenceIC + Conjunction + IC + DC

Is this a Compound-Complex Sentence?

• Butters is a naïve character, but he is also very loyal.

• No- it is missing a DEPENDENT CLAUSE.

Compound-Complex SentenceIC + Conjunction + IC + DC

Is this a Compound-Complex Sentence?

• If Bart causes trouble at school, Marge must go to Principal Skinner’s office.

Compound-Complex SentenceIC + Conjunction + IC + DC

Is this a Compound-Complex Sentence?

• If Bart causes trouble at school, Marge must go to Principal Skinner’s office.

• No- it is missing ______________.

Compound-Complex SentenceIC + Conjunction + IC + DC

Is this a Compound-Complex Sentence?

• If Bart causes trouble at school, Marge must go to Principal Skinner’s office.

• No- it is missing two IC joined by a conjunction.

Compound-Complex SentenceIC + Conjunction + IC + DC

Is this a Compound-Complex Sentence?

• When Peter and Lois leave, Brian must stay home, for he watches Stewie.

Compound-Complex SentenceIC + Conjunction + IC + DC

Is this a Compound-Complex Sentence?

• When Peter and Lois leave, Brian must stay home, for he watches Stewie.

• Yes! It has a DC and two ICs joined by a conjunction.

Compound-Complex SentenceIC + Conjunction + IC + DC