The most compelling and effective messages contain a variety of sentence patterns and avoid common sentence faults. you can create successful messages with sentence variety by understanding the four sentence types, controlling the length of your sentences, and avoiding fragments, run-ons, and comma splices. identify the correct pattern of a complex sentence. an independent clause and a dependent clause one independent clause with a subject and a predicate verb two independent clauses joined by a conjunction, a semicolon, or a conjunctive adverb

The correct answer to your question is "An independent clause and a dependent clause"

When I was in middle school I was taught that there is an easy way to remember the formula for a complex sentence. My teacher always told us, “a complex sentence, isn't all that complex.”

It is simply one independent clause and one dependent clause.

An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence, so basically an independent clause is a simple sentence. As the word “independent” implies it is okay on its own, like an adult.  

A dependent clause on the other hand, cannot stand on its own. Like a kid depending on their parents, the dependent clause depends on independent clauses to be part of a sentence.  

These clauses need to be joined by something, like a comma or a conjunction.  

I have provided an example for future reference:

I burnt the bread but not the pasta! (Inspired by my mom's cooking skills.)

In this example, "I burnt the bread" is the independent clause. It doesn't need anything else to be a full sentence. The dependent clause is "but not the pasta," because this clause couldn't stand on it's own. In this example I connected my clauses with the conjunction “but” which becomes part of the dependent clause.  

They do not always have to be in that order, the dependent clause can come first in some instances. Such as when you start with a prepositional phrase.  

Here’s an example: “In the future, I want to be president.”  

The answer is A. The correct pattern of a complex sentence is an independent clause and a dependent clause.  

EXPLANATION

A complex sentence can be made by having an independent clause and a dependent clause. An independent clause is a clause that can stand without the help of another clause, making them a Simple Sentence. An independent clause usually contains a subject and a predicate and makes sense on their own. Here are examples of independent clauses:

- My father likes Oranges.

- I get up every day at six o’clock.

Independent clause can also be joined using coma or semicolon followed with (And, or, for, but, yet, so, etc.). Here are some of the examples.

- My father likes oranges; he eats two every day.

- I get up every day at six o’clock, so let’s get up together and exercise.

A dependent clause, or sometimes called a subordinate clause, is a clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence. The dependent clause provides an element to the sentence, such as providing information to an independent clause or modifying an adjacent clause. There are three different types of the dependent clause; content clauses, adjectival (relative) clauses, and adverbial clauses.

Content clause, known also as “noun clause” provides implied or commented content by its main clause; it can be subject, predicate, direct or indirect object, or object of the preposition. Some of the English words that can be used as an introduction to content clauses are whether, why, what, how, when, where, whoever or whomever, that, who. A clause can be called a content clause if a pronoun (he, she, it, or they) could be substituted with it. Below are the examples:

- I know that he is here

- Whoever said something like that should not be trusted.    

An adjectival clause should meet these 3 requirements:

1. It contains a verb

2. Begins with relative adverb (where, when, how, why) or relative pronoun (whose, who, which, that, what)

3. It functions as an adjective, answering questions like “how many?”, “which one”,  

Below are the examples

-This is the person who saw you at the station. (relative pronoun, subject).

-That is the ball that I was playing with (relative pronoun, the object of the verb).

An adverbial clause is a dependent clause that served as an adverb; it modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Below are the examples:

-Mary, an aspiring research leader, became disappointed as soon as she saw the team list (subject: she; predicate: saw the team list; the clause modifies the verb became)

-He moved steadily as not to aggravate his captors. (implied subject “he” is omitted; predicate (verb): aggravate; the clause modifies the adverb steadily).

LEARN MORE

If you’re interested in learning more about this topic, we recommend you to also take a look at the following questions:

Imperative sentence:  

Prepositions in a sentence:  

KEYWORD: independent clause, dependent clause, complex sentence, the example of complex sentence, content clause, adjectival clause, adverbial clause, noun clause  

Subject: English

Class: 7-9

Subchapter: Complex Sentence

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