🎯 WALT: We Are Learning To identify and construct complex sentences

Success Criteria: I can identify main and subordinate clauses, and use a variety of subordinating conjunctions to create complex sentences.

📚 Part 1: Identifying Complex Sentences

"Even though the weather was inclement, the children played outside."

a) Whenever the bell rings, all students must line up quietly.

b) The library was closed since it was a public holiday.

c) Although she was exhausted, Emma completed her homework.

✏️ Part 2: Building Complex Sentences

a) It was getting dark. We decided to go home. (because)

b) The match was cancelled. It was raining heavily. (since)

a) Although the sun was shining, ________________________________

b) When the school holidays begin, ________________________________

c) If we finish our work early, ________________________________

🌟 Extension Challenge

Although we studied diligently for the mathematics test we were still apprehensive about the results.

Differentiation Support: Remember - when the subordinate clause comes first, use a comma. Main clause + subordinate clause = no comma needed!