1.5 Workbook #1 p87, 94
Combining Sentences
A clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb. A dependent clause begins with a word such as because or when. It cannot stand alone as a sentence. An independent clause can stand alone.
Dependent Clause: when I was eight
Independent Clause: My family visited Yosemite.
A sentence made up of a dependent clause and an independent clause is a complex sentence.
Complex Sentences: When I was eight, my family visited Yosemite.
My family visited Yosemite when I was eight.
Other words that often introduce a dependent clause are since, although, if, until, unless, as, after, and before. When a dependent clause comes first in a complex sentence, it is followed by a comma.
Dependent Clause: when I was eight
Independent Clause: My family visited Yosemite.
A sentence made up of a dependent clause and an independent clause is a complex sentence.
Complex Sentences: When I was eight, my family visited Yosemite.
My family visited Yosemite when I was eight.
Other words that often introduce a dependent clause are since, although, if, until, unless, as, after, and before. When a dependent clause comes first in a complex sentence, it is followed by a comma.