1 Answer. The noun clause in the sentence is “whoever did the best job”.

Answer Expert Verified The noun clause in this sentence is that people will truly love one another.

The noun clause ‘whatever is served’ is functioning as a direct object. You can check this by replacing the noun clause with the word ‘something’. That is one way to check that a part of the sentence is a direct object.

In the sentence “No one could believe that Stella took dance lessons at her age”, “no one” is the subject and “could believe” are the verbs. The whole noun clause “that Stella took dance lessons at her age” functions as the object of the verb “believe”.

If we took away the ‘when’, we would have two equal clauses; ‘My Dad laughed’ and ‘I told a joke. ‘ The use of the conjunction ‘when’ connects the clauses but displays a complex relationship between the two; indicating which is dominant and which is subordinate. Thus, a complex sentence.

Common Complex Sentence Examples

• Because my coffee was too cold, I heated it in the microwave.
• Although he was wealthy, he was still unhappy.
• She returned the computer after she noticed it was damaged.
• Whenever prices goes up, customers buy less products.

A compound sentence does not contain any dependent clauses.

• I like coffee. Mary likes tea. → I like coffee, and Mary likes tea.
• Mary went to work. John went to the party. I went home. → Mary went to work, but John went to the party, and I went home.
• Our car broke down. We came last. → Our car broke down; we came last.

A compound sentence is a sentence that has at least two independent clauses joined by a comma, semicolon or conjunction. An example of a compound sentence is, ‘This house is too expensive, and that house is too small.

What is a compound sentence?

• Use a comma and a coordinating conjunction. Coordinating conjunctions join independent clauses. They are: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so.
• Use a semicolon. Sentences should follow this structure:
• Use a semicolon and a conjunctive adverb. A conjunctive adverb is a type of transition.

There are two types of run-on sentences: fused sentences and comma splices. A fused sentence occurs when independent clauses run together with no marks of punctuation or coordinating conjunctions to separate them. A comma splice occurs when two or more independent clauses are joined only by a comma.

A compound sentence is made up of two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, or so) and a comma or by a semicolon alone. Example: The pirate captain lost her treasure map, but she still found the buried treasure.

A simple sentence contains one independent clause. A compound sentence contains more than one!

The complex sentence is an effective way to show that one idea takes precedence over another. The idea in the complete sentence base is more important than the idea in the dependent phrase.

Longer, more complex sentences can increase the impact of a shorter, simpler sentence.

A complex sentence is formed by adding one or more subordinate (dependent) clauses to the main (independent) clause using conjunctions and/or relative pronouns. A clause is a simple sentence. Simple sentences contain only one clause (verb group). Complex sentences contain more than one clause (verb group).

Vary the length of words, sentences and paragraphs to increase the pace and tension:

1. Use short words, for example, ‘at once’, rather than, ‘immediately’.
2. Place several short sentences consecutively.
3. Include one or two-word sentences.
4. When the action is fast, use partial sentences: He had to get to the others.