Question

Use the drop-down menus to identify the sentence parts in the complex sentence. The man sped down the road until a police officer stopped him.

The prepositional phrase:
1.the man sped
2.down the road
3.a police officer
4.stopped him
The independent clause:
1.the man sped down the road
2.until a police officer
3.down the road until
4.until a police officer stopped him
The dependent clause:
1.the man sped down the road
2.until a police officer
3.down the road until
4.until a police officer stopped him
The subordinate conjunction:
1.down
2.road
3.until
4.stopped

Answer 1

2. Down the road


1. The man sped down the road


4. Until the police officer stopped him


3.until

Answer 2

Answer: The different parts of this complex sentence are:

The prepositional phrase ---> 2. down the road

The independent clause ---> 1. The man sped down the road

The dependent clause ----> 4. until a police officer stopped him

The subordinate conjunction ---> 3. until

Explanation: The sentence provided is a complex sentence because it is made up of an independent clause and a dependent clause. While the independent clause ("The man sped down the road") can stand alone as a sentence, the dependent clause ("until a police officer stopped him") cannot stand by itself. The independent clause contains a prepositional phrase ("down the road") and the dependent clause has been introduced by the subordinating conjunction "until".