Reminder: There are 3 basic types of sentences: Simple, Compound, and Complex.
Every complete sentence has an Independent Clause.
Remember, a clause has a subject and a verb!
A complex or subordinated sentence has an Independent clause and a Dependent clause.
A Few Subordinating Conjunctions:
after, although, as, as soon as, before, since, until, when, while, because, if, unless . . .
sc = subordinating conjunction
IC = Independent Clause
DC = Dependent Clause
Complex Sentence Paradigms:
Paradigm #1scDC, IC.
Paradigm #2IC scDC.
(Watch out for the Comma!)
Paradigm #1Since we have a visitor in class today, you need to behave.
Paradigm #2You need to behave since we have a visitor in class today.
Turn these simple sentences into complex sentences using Paradigm # 1 and 2:
Paradigm #1
You are taking a quiz.
There must be silence.
Paradigm #2
There must be silence.
You are taking a quiz.
Warning!
Be Careful; a subordinating conjunction turns an independent clause into a dependent clause. By itself, this is a Fragment!
If I like my students. I teach them everything I know about composition.
As soon as I teach them everything I know about composition. I like my students.
QUIZ
Write 3 complex sentences with the dependent clause first and 3 with the independent first. (Use different subordinating conjunctions for each sentence.)
after, although, as, as soon as, before, since, until, when, while, because, if, unless, once, though
