Rearranging And Rewriting

Worksheet Description

This Complex Sentences worksheet is designed to instruct students on the syntax and punctuation of complex sentences when the subordinate clause precedes the main clause. It provides sentences where the main clause comes first and asks students to rewrite these sentences so that the subordinate clause is at the beginning. The example given demonstrates how to correctly punctuate sentences in this format, highlighting the need for a comma after the subordinate clause when it introduces the sentence. This task helps students understand how the placement of clauses affects the punctuation of complex sentences.

The worksheet is teaching students how to manipulate sentence structure for clarity and emphasis by moving subordinate clauses to the beginning of sentences. It emphasizes the importance of correct comma usage in these instances, which is essential for proper sentence punctuation. Through this activity, students practice the grammatical rule that a comma should follow a subordinate clause when it starts a sentence. This exercise is aimed at improving students’ writing skills by enabling them to construct sentences that are not only grammatically correct but also varied in style.