Lesson 25
Complex and Compound-Complex Sentences
A complex sentence contains one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses.
When she heard the applause, Beth felt proud.
A compound-complex sentence has more than one main clause and one or more
subordinate clauses.
Although we had difficulty deciding, we finally chose a destination, and Dad bought
the airline tickets.
Exercise 1 Circle the number in front of each complex sentence.
(a) We went to the eastern United States for our vacation although we'd been there before.
1 Frederick Douglass, who fought to end slavery, was a leader in the abolitionist movement.
2. Born Frederick Bailey in 1817, he grew up as a slave on a Maryland plantation.
3. Unlike most slaves, Douglass learned to read and write.
4. He escaped to the North in 1838, where he changed his name to avoid being caught.
5. After he spoke at a meeting of the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1841. Douglass became a
spokesman for the society.
6. In his speeches, Douglass recalled life as a slave, and he called for an immediate end to slavery.
7. His autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, was published in 1841.
8. His book was popular in the North and in Europe.
9. Douglass became known as a leader in the crusade against slavery.
10. Douglass's notoriety jeopardized his freedom.
11. He spent two years in the British Isles, where he tried to win support.
12. In 1841 Douglass became the editor of the North Star, an antislavery newspaper.
13. He married Anna Murray in 1838, and the two had five children together.
14. When the Underground Railroad began, Douglass helped slaves escape to the North.
15. During the Civil War, Douglass wanted it known that the war was a move to abolish slavery.
16. He served as an advisor to President Lincoln, who saw Douglass as a representative for African
Americans.
17. In 1862, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed slaves in places not held
by Union troops.