Question

chapter 1: grammar
complex sentences
complex sentences have one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. the independent and dependent clauses are connected with a subordinating conjunction or a relative pronoun. remember that the independent is punctuated through and cannot stand alone as sentences. the dependent clause can be identified in the sentences.
complex sentences introduced with subordinating conjunction:
you will go to the movies if you finish your homework.
complex sentences introduced with a relative pronoun:
my mother asked me to drop off these flowers for mrs. hastings, whom i meet on my way to school.
dependent clauses follow the connecting subordinating conjunction or the relative pronoun. the dependent clause can either be the first or second part of the sentence.
before the movies, ill finish my homework.
ill finish my homework before the movies.
identify it
put a checkmark on the line in front of the complex sentences.

1. ✔ i like biking because it is good exercise.
2. ✔ tony is going to order pasta with mushrooms, which is his favorite dish.
3. ✔ history is my favorite subject.
4. ✔ mr. baum, who is also the basketball coach, is my favorite teacher.
5. ✔ while ian is a good speller, hunter is better.
6. ✔ i would like a salad for lunch, yet soup sounds good, too.
7. ✔ erin made the basketball team after two weeks of tryouts.
8. ✔ although it’s going to snow, i think we should still hike the trails.
9. ✔ unless it rains, we’ll walk, not ride.
10. ✔ we can continue hiking until it gets icy.

Explanation:

To determine complex sentences, we check if a sentence has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause (marked by subordinating conjunctions like "because", "which", "who", "while", "after", "although", "unless", "until") or relative pronouns.

• Sentence 1: "I like biking because it is good exercise" has "because" (subordinating conjunction), so complex.
• Sentence 2: "Tony is going to order pasta with mushrooms, which is his favorite dish" has "which" (relative pronoun), so complex.
• Sentence 3: "History is my favorite subject" is a simple sentence (one independent clause, no dependent clause), so not complex.
• Sentence 4: "Mr. Baum, who is also the basketball coach, is my favorite teacher" has "who" (relative pronoun), so complex.
• Sentence 5: "While Ian is a good speller, Hunter is better" has "while" (subordinating conjunction), so complex.
• Sentence 6: "I would like a salad for lunch, yet soup sounds good, too" is a compound sentence (two independent clauses joined by "yet"), not complex (but the checkmark here might be an error, but following the task of identifying complex sentences as per the problem's instruction on the worksheet, we analyze based on structure). Wait, actually, the worksheet's "Identify It" task is to put a checkmark on complex sentences. Let's re - evaluate:
• A complex sentence has 1 independent + 1 or more dependent.
• Sentence 6: "I would like a salad for lunch, yet soup sounds good, too" has two independent clauses ("I would like a salad for lunch" and "soup sounds good, too") joined by "yet" (coordinating conjunction), so it's a compound sentence, not complex. But the worksheet has a checkmark, maybe a mistake, but we follow the analysis.
• Sentence 7: "Erin made the basketball team after two weeks of tryouts" has "after" (subordinating conjunction), so complex.
• Sentence 8: "Although it’s going to snow, I think we should still hike the trails" has "although" (subordinating conjunction), so complex.
• Sentence 9: "Unless it rains, we’ll walk, not ride" has "unless" (subordinating conjunction), so complex.
• Sentence 10: "We can continue hiking until it gets icy" has "until" (subordinating conjunction), so complex.

So the correct checkmarks (for complex sentences) should be on sentences 1,2,4,5,7,8,9,10. Sentence 3 and 6 (if we consider sentence 6 as compound) should not have checkmarks. But based on the worksheet's existing checkmarks, maybe there was a misclassification for sentence 6, but the key is to identify complex sentences by their structure (independent + dependent clause).

Answer:

1. ✔️ I like biking because it is good exercise (Complex)
2. ✔️ Tony is going to order pasta with mushrooms, which is his favorite dish (Complex)
3. ❌ History is my favorite subject (Simple)
4. ✔️ Mr. Baum, who is also the basketball coach, is my favorite teacher (Complex)
5. ✔️ While Ian is a good speller, Hunter is better (Complex)
6. ❌ I would like a salad for lunch, yet soup sounds good, too (Compound)
7. ✔️ Erin made the basketball team after two weeks of tryouts (Complex)
8. ✔️ Although it’s going to snow, I think we should still hike the trails (Complex)
9. ✔️ Unless it rains, we’ll walk, not ride (Complex)
10. ✔️ We can continue hiking until it gets icy (Complex)