Compound and Complex Sentences

New York State Learning Education Standards and Core Curriculum. Two or more sentences joined together are known as a compound sentence. The simple sentences in a compound sentence can be joined together with a comma and a conjunction, or with a semicolon. A complex sentence has one independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses. A subordinate clause does not express a complete thought. Subordinate clauses are either adjective clauses or adverb clauses. Read More...

◂English Language Arts Worksheets and Study Guides Eighth Grade. Compound and Complex Sentences

Study Guide

Compound and Complex Sentences Worksheet/Answer key

Compound and Complex Sentences

The resources above correspond to the standards listed below:

New York State Learning Standards and Core Curriculum

NY.8L. 8th Grade Language Standards

Conventions of Standard English

8L1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. Core Conventions Skills for Grades 6→8:

8L1.6. Use simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas.

Standards

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