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Foreword: To the Student and Parent/Teacher
Introduction: To Those Grammarians Among Us
Instructions: How to Complete the Lessons
Module 1: Word and Phrase Patterns
Module 2: Clause Patterns
Lesson 2-1: The Complete Predicate
Lesson 2-2: The Complete Predicate (Continued)
Lesson 2-3: The Simple Predicate
Lesson 2-4: The Complete Subject
Lesson 2-5: The Simple Subject
Lesson 2-6: The Predicate versus the Subject
Lesson 2-7: Changes in Sentence Patterns
Lesson 2-8: Changes in Sentence Patterns (Continued)
Lesson 2-9: Appositives Within the Sentence
Lesson 2-10: Appositives and Simple Subjects
Quiz 2-11: Cumulative Review
Lesson 2-12: The Clause
Lesson 2-13: Independent versus Dependent Clauses
Lesson 2-14: Independent versus Dependent Clauses (Continued)
Lesson 2-15: The Simple Sentence versus The Sentence Fragment
Lesson 2-16: The Simple Sentence versus The Sentence Fragment (Continued)
Lesson 2-17: The Complex Sentence
Lesson 2-18: The Dependent Clause
Lesson 2-19: The Dependent Clause (Continued)
Quiz 2-20: Cumulative Review
Lesson 2-21: The Adjective Clause
Lesson 2-22: The Adjective Clause (Continued)
Lesson 2-23: Commas and the Adjective Clause
Lesson 2-24: Commas and the Adjective Clause (Continued)
Lesson 2-25: Commas and the Adjective Clause (Continued)
Lesson 2-26: The Adverbial Clause
Lesson 2-27: The Adverbial Clause (Continued)
Lesson 2-28: Adjective Clauses versus Adverbial Clauses
Lesson 2-29: Adjective Clauses versus Adverbial Clauses (Continued)
Lesson 2-30: Adjective Clauses versus Adverbial Clauses (Continued)
Lesson 2-31: The Noun Clause
Lesson 2-32: The Noun Clause (Continued)
Lesson 2-33: The Noun Clause (Continued)
Lesson 2-34: Noun Clauses versus Adjective and Adverbial Clauses
Lesson 2-35: Noun Clauses versus Adjective and Adverbial Clauses (Continued)
Lesson 2-36: The Compound Sentence
Lesson 2-37: Compound Sentences versus Run-on Sentences
Lesson 2-38: The Compound-Complex Sentence
Lesson 2-39: Identifying Sentences by Structure
Lesson 2-40: Identifying Sentences by Structure (Continued)
Quiz 2-41: Cumulative Review
Exercise 2-42: Module 2 Self-Test
Module 3: Verb Tense and Verbal Patterns
Module 4: Verb Forms and Sentence Patterns
Module 5: Punctuation and Capitalization
Module 6: Supplement - Troublesome Words
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English Grammar
T
he Compound-Complex Sentence
Lesson 2-38
Comments:
Prompt:
A complex sentence with two or more independent clauses is a compound-complex sentence.
Example:
Consider the following: "Slavery was one of the chief issues of the Civil War; however, President Lincoln desired to save the Union above all else when the southern states seceded from the Union." Note that this sentence has two independent clauses and one dependent clause — the sentence is a compound-complex sentence.
Directions:
Click to select below each of the following sentences whether the sentence is simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex.
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Since the Union needed the help of England in the war, President Lincoln found that the time had come — he issued the Emancipation Proclamation to free the slaves.
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Because they were needed to fight the war, black army units were organized to fight against the South.
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The results of the war could be found in the hospitals of the North and South.
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Walt Whitman, who was the Civil War poet, spent much time in the Union hospitals and described the terrible carnage and death.
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That the nation thought the war would last a short time caused the North and the South to plan for a short war.
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Army surgeons amputated legs and arms of the wounded even though pain killers were not known at that time.
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The Civil War was not fought on the land alone; battles took place between the navies of the two sides.
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Because of the great hatred between the North and South, it took years to heal the wounds of the war, and it took years for the nation to feel like one nation again.
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