100+ compound-complex sentence examples to improve your writing

📚 Quick Study Guide

🔍 A compound-complex sentence combines features of both compound and complex sentences. ➕ It has at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. ✍️ Independent clauses can stand alone as sentences. 🔗 Dependent clauses cannot stand alone and begin with a subordinating conjunction or a relative pronoun. 💡 Coordinating conjunctions (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) connect independent clauses. 🔑 Subordinating conjunctions (e.g., because, although, if, since, when) introduce dependent clauses. 📌 Relative pronouns (e.g., who, whom, which, that) also introduce dependent clauses.

Practice Quiz

1. Which of the following is a compound-complex sentence?
   1. Because it was raining, we stayed inside.
   2. We went to the park and we played soccer.
   3. Although it was late, we decided to go out, and we had a great time.
   4. The cat sat on the mat.
2. Identify the dependent clause in the following sentence: "After I finish my homework, I will watch TV, and then I will go to bed."
   1. I will watch TV
   2. I will go to bed
   3. After I finish my homework
   4. and then I will go to bed
3. Which coordinating conjunction is used in the following compound-complex sentence: "She wanted to go to the beach, but she had to work, so she stayed home."
   1. Because
   2. Although
   3. But
   4. After
4. Which of the following sentences correctly uses a comma in a compound-complex sentence?
   1. Because the weather was nice we went for a walk, and we enjoyed it.
   2. Because the weather was nice, we went for a walk and we enjoyed it.
   3. Because the weather was nice we went for a walk and, we enjoyed it.
   4. Because the weather was nice, we went for a walk, and we enjoyed it.
5. In the sentence, "Even though he was tired, he finished his work, and he went to sleep," how many independent clauses are there?
   1. 1
   2. 2
   3. 3
   4. 0
6. What type of clause is "which she bought yesterday" in the sentence "The dress, which she bought yesterday, is beautiful, and she loves wearing it."?
   1. Independent Clause
   2. Adverbial Clause
   3. Dependent Clause
   4. Main Clause
7. Which sentence correctly combines two independent clauses and one dependent clause into a compound-complex sentence?
   1. I like tea, and I like coffee. Because it tastes good.
   2. Because it tastes good, I like tea, and I like coffee.
   3. I like tea, and I like coffee because it tastes good.
   4. I like tea because it tastes good, and I like coffee.