Compound-Complex
CDCX
Standard
*Transition Standard* ELACC7L1b: Chooses among
simple, compound, complex, and compoundcomplex sentences to signal differing relationships
among ideas
ELACC8L2: Demonstrate command of the conventions
of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and
spelling when writing.
a. Use punctuation (comma)
Compound-Complex
Compound-Complex sentences are sentences
made up of 2 or more independent clauses
and 1 or more dependent clauses.
2 ind + 1 dep= compound-complex
Examples
1. Myra went to the store, and she bought some
milk because her family did not have enough
for their cereal.
Basically….
Acompound-complex sentence is just a
compound sentence (that’s the compound
part) with a dependent clause stuck on it
(that’s the complex part).
Ex. Since they had nothing better to do, Mike
and Angela took their dogs to the park, and
they taught them to catch Frisbees.
HINT CHART
Simple
Compound
Complex
CompoundComplex
Independent
1
2+
1
2+
Dependent
0
0
1+
1+
Formulas
1 Ind + 0 Dep= Simple
1 Ind + 1 Ind= Compound
1 Dep + 1 Ind= Complex
2 ind + 1 dep = Compound-Complex
S, CD, CX, or CD-CX
1. I love animals, but I am allergic to them.
2. Since it is cold outside, we will turn up the
heat inside.
3. The squirrel looked for his acorns, which he
had buried in the fall, but they had grown up
into little trees.
4. The shark stalked the school of fish and
gobbled several of them up.