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Using Complex Sentences To Show

The document discusses complex sentences and how they can be used to show cause and effect relationships. A complex sentence contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses connected with a subordinating conjunction. Some conjunctions that show cause include "because", "as", and "since", while conjunctions that show effect include "therefore", "hence", and "as a result". The document provides examples of complex sentences expressing cause and effect.

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Using Complex Sentences To Show

The document discusses complex sentences and how they can be used to show cause and effect relationships. A complex sentence contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses connected with a subordinating conjunction. Some conjunctions that show cause include "because", "as", and "since", while conjunctions that show effect include "therefore", "hence", and "as a result". The document provides examples of complex sentences expressing cause and effect.

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USING COMPLEX

SENTENCES TO SHOW
CAUSE AND EFFECT
Clauses are building blocks of sentences.
It has a subject and it has a predicate.
It can have a complete or incomplete thought.

A clause that has a complete thought is called an


independent clause or a main clause, while
a clause with an incomplete thought is called a dependent
clause or a subordinating clause.

A complex sentence has an independent clause and one or


more dependent clauses. You can combine these clauses
by using subordinating
conjunction.
Although there are several subordinating conjunctions, you
will only be concentrating on conjunctions that show cause
and effect relationships.

There are several examples of subordinating conjunctions


or transition words that we can use.
‘Because’, ‘as’, ‘since’, ‘due to’, and
‘because of’ can be used to show the cause.

‘Therefore’, ‘hence’, ‘as a result’, ‘consequently’, and


‘as a result’ are subordinating conjunctions or transition
words that show the effect.
The cause is the reason something happens, while
the effect is what happens as the result of the
cause.
Here are examples of complex sentences that
show cause and effect. If the sentence starts with
the subordinating clause, a comma comes right
after it.
I helped him because I cared about him.
Since he had not paid the rent, he was told to vacate the
room.
As it is raining again, we will have to stay at home.
Fill in the blanks with the correct answers based on what
you have learned today.
1. A. __________sentence
COMPLEX has an independent clause and
one or more dependent clauses.
2. The ____________
SUBORDINATE conjunction introduces the
dependent clause in a complex sentence.
3. A ___ _____is the punctuation mark that comes after a
COMMA
dependent clause if the clause is found at the beginning of
a complex sentence.
4. A complex sentence can show ________
CAUSE and ________
EFFECT
relationships.
Identify the kind of sentence according to structure. Choose
the letter from the box.
A. Simple Sentence C. Complex Sentence
B. Compound Sentence D. Compound-complex Sentence

C 1. Jose didn’t cheat on the test since it was not the


_____
right thing to do.
D 2. The boy fractured his leg therefore the doctor put it
_____
in a cast, and
he prescribed the boy to rest in bed.
B 3. Leo tends to his garden well, so his flowers
______
bloomed abundantly.
A 4. He always studies his lessons every day after
______
school.
C 5.If you take good care of your things, then they last
______
for a long time.

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