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Compound Complex Sentences

Compound Complex Sentences. A compound complex sentence consists of two independent clauses and one dependent clause. In the following slides:. Determine which are the independent clauses and which are the dependent clauses.

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Compound Complex Sentences

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  1. Compound Complex Sentences A compound complex sentence consists of two independent clauses and one dependent clause.

  2. In the following slides: • Determine which are the independent clauses and which are the dependent clauses.

  3. Although the snow was pretty, I could not wait for it to melt; I really wanted to get out of the house.

  4. Compound Complex sentence • After the holiday dinner is over, my brother washes dishes and I dry them.

  5. Compound complex sentences • Before the Spanish conquered Peru, the Incas had built a walled city called Machu Picchu; this tour visits the ruins of that city.

  6. Compound complex sentences • When you called, I was reading a book; now I can’t find my place.

  7. Compound complex sentences • Although my dog can play the piano, he does not do it well, and nobody asks him for encores.

  8. Compound complex sentences • After the last song, the musicians packed up their instruments and they got on they bus.

  9. Elbow partner work • Create 5 compound complex sentences. Have one partner write them on notebook paper. • Sentence strips in groups. Put one independent clause on one strip, put the other independent clause on another strip. Put the dependent clause on the last strip.

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