Question

Which of the following is a complex sentence?(1 point) Responses Ellie wants to go back and eventually live in the mountains someday. Ellie wants to go back and eventually live in the mountains someday. Her brother said they would be boring, but he absolutely loved them. Her brother said they would be boring, but he absolutely loved them. Ellie had been to the mountains, but her brother had never seen them. Ellie had been to the mountains, but her brother had never seen them. The family made sure they packed warm clothes before their trip up north.​

Answer 1

Answer: The family made sure they packed warm clothes before their trip up north.

Step-by-step explanation:

A complex sentence is a sentence with an independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

The family made sure they packed warm clothes is the independent clause.

Before their trip up north is the dependent clause.

Answer 2

The sentence "Her brother said they would be boring, but he absolutely loved them." is a complex sentence because it contains an independent clause "Her brother said they would be boring" and a dependent clause "but he absolutely loved them" that cannot stand alone as a sentence.