Complex+sentences

A **compound** sentence contains two or more ideas, joined by a simple connective (e.g. and, but)

A **complex** sentence contains two or more ideas, joined by a connective or pronoun. They often contain a comma to separate the two ideas.

__**Sentence structures:**__ When ...., ..... ...... after ..... ..... because ..... After ...., .... ....., who ..... , ..... ....., which ..... , ..... ....., where ...... , ...... Because ....., .....


 * __Examples:__**
 * When  **he handed in his homework **, ** he forgot to put his name on it.


 * After ** she had finished her homework **, ** Mary went to the shops.

Mary went to the shops ** after ** she had finished her homework.


 * Because ** she had not done her homework **, ** Mary was not allowed to go to the shops.

The book ** that ** Jonathan read is on the shelf.

My sister **, who ** is older than me ** , ** has dyed her hair green.

<span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial">The weather in France **, which ** <span style="background: lime none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial">has been terrible lately ** , ** <span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial">is starting to get worse.

<span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial">The girl **, whose ** <span style="background: lime none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial">red hair sparkled as the light caught it ** , ** <span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial">walked slowly and confidently into the classroom.