Test: Using complex sentences to develop ideas - Year 7 MCQ

When two simple sentences have been joined you have a compound sentence. "She had injured her hand" is a simple sentence, as is "She played on". The two can be joined with the connective "but"

Complex sentences have two or more clauses

This sentence has one subject, "rain", and one verb, "poured"

A subordinate clause (such as "Before he could play his violin") doesn't make sense by itself

"Because" often begins a subordinate clause. Simple sentences do not have subordinate clauses

This is a compound sentence because it joins two independent clauses ("He enjoys playing the piano" and "she likes to sing along") with a coordinating conjunction ("and").

A subordinate clause adds to the main clause

This is a complex sentence because it has an independent clause ("he managed to catch the bus") and a dependent clause ("Running quickly") that cannot stand alone as a sentence.

A phrase is a group of words which can't stand alone as a sentence. "Her injured hand" is a noun phrase

This is a complex sentence because it contains an independent clause ("The team won the match") and a dependent clause ("despite the weather conditions") that adds additional information but cannot stand alone as a sentence.