Identify whether the following sentences are independent clauses, dependent clause or compound sentences. 1.

My brother likes meat but I prefer fish 2. Cooking is an important skill 3. that he was coming 4. although it is very important 5. how to learn english 6. This is my friend 7. who loves icecream? 8. I went to the store, and then I went home

Underline the dependent clause in each sentence. Write AC if these sentences contain an adjective clause and NC if they contain a noun clause. _____ He said that hes not going to graduate this year. _____ How the movie ended is unknown. _____ In Taiwan, which is my home country, there are many typhoons. _____ Jennifer is not sure which suit she should wear to the interview. _____ Curiosity is the behavior that killed the cat. _____ My family members, who consist of my older brother and my sister, took care of me when I was young. _____ No one knows when the music will start. _____ You would love the book I just finished reading. _____ Smoking causes damage to children and women who are pregnant. _____ Is this the singer you were talking about?

Compound sentence:

independent clause + and/but/so + independent clause both parts of the sentence are equally important Complex sentence: Independent clause + subordinator + dependent clause OR Subordinator + dependent clause + comma (,) + independent clause Independent clause more important than the dependent clause to be Subordinate = to be less important/dependent Subordinator + dependent clause = the subordinate clause Examples: When John was in college, he worked nights and weekends to pay his tuition. He borrowed books from the library because he couldnt afford to buy them.

Compound complex sentence: 3 clauses, with at least one dependent and one independent clause (plus the necessary coordinator and subordinator)

My brother and his wife got married before they finished college. + My brother and his wife got married, so it was hard for them to get their diplomas. = My brother and his wife got married before they finished college, so it was hard for them to get their diplomas. 1. My father was an elementary school teacher, and he liked his job, even though it was hard work and he never made much money. 2. Although my parents loved each other very much, their ideas were very different, and they argued whenever they disagreed.

Put the words in the correct order to make a complex sentence. 1. carefully I bridge scared the was I although crossed 2. went they after finished they home studying 3. in beach the mountains vacation I like dont since I the **Whats the difference between these two sentences? Since I dont like the beach, I vacation in the mountains. Since I vacation in the mountains, I dont like the beach. **Whats the difference between these four sentences? Because I was scared, I crossed the bridge carefully. Because I crossed the bridge carefully, I was scared. I crossed the bridge carefully because I was scared. I was scared because I crossed the bridge carefully.

Complete the following sentences. 1. Although I was scared 2. When the bell rang 3. Because it was raining 4. If we play our best 5. Unless I get help 6. Whenever I feel sad

Homework -review what we did in class today (and exercise p.26) -read and do exercises on p. 29-30; identify all subjects, verbs, subordinators and coordinators -read and do exercises on p.31-32 -write YOUR OWN sample sentence for each subordinator on p. 25 (there are 18)