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Grade 5 · English Language Arts · Unit 8 of 10

Complex Sentences

Clauses and conjunctions

What your child practises

Choosing conjunctions like although, because and unless, finding dependent and independent clauses, telling simple, compound and complex sentences apart, and combining sentences.

Yukon Curriculum learning standard: Language features, structures and conventions: sentence structure (simple, compound, complex), independent and dependent clauses, subordinating conjunctions; writing processes

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which part of this sentence is the dependent clause?

    The hikers waited under a tree until the rain stopped.

    • until the rain stopped
    • the hikers waited under a tree

  2. Question 2

    Which subordinating conjunction makes the most sense?

    The team celebrated ____ they won the championship.

    • unless
    • until
    • although
    • after

  3. Question 3

    Which subordinating conjunction makes the most sense?

    You won't see the stars tonight ____ the clouds clear.

    • since
    • unless
    • because
    • although

  4. Question 4

    What kind of sentence is this?

    We can walk to the park, or we can ride our bikes.

    • simple sentence
    • compound sentence
    • complex sentence

  5. Question 5

    What kind of sentence is this?

    Although the hill was steep, Ana rode her bike to the top.

    • complex sentence
    • simple sentence
    • compound sentence

  6. Question 6

    Which sentence correctly combines these two sentences using “although”?

    The trail was muddy.

    We finished the hike.

    • Although the trail was muddy we, finished the hike.
    • Although, the trail was muddy we finished the hike.
    • Although the trail was muddy, we finished the hike.
    • The trail was muddy although. We finished the hike.

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