Writing Complex and Compound-Complex Sentences
Use the information given to write complex and compound-complex sentences. You do not need to include all of the information in your sentences. Follow the directions above each text box. After you complete the exercise, Email your work to your instructor or Print the page to give to your instructor.

1. Use the following information to write a complex sentence.

Clara Barton is the founder of the American Red Cross.
Her work started during the Civil War.
She tried to locate missing soldiers.




2. Use the following information to write a complex sentence.

President Abraham Lincoln had authorized Clara Barton to help families find their missing loved ones.
Lincoln authorized her work in 1865.
Lincoln authorized her work shortly before he was assassinated.




3. Use the following information to write a compound-complex sentence.

Clara Barton founded the Missing Soldiers Office.
The Missing Soldiers Office was believed to have been started around 1866.
Its mission was to locate missing soldiers.
Clara Barton answered over 63,000 letters.




4. Use the following information to write a compound-complex sentence.

Clara Barton went to the Confederate prison in Andersonville, Georgia.
She obtained authorization to open the individual graves of 13,000 prisoners.
Prisoners were identified.
Families were notified.
Andersonville is the home of the first national cemetery.
Over the years, Clara Barton helped locate more than 22,000 missing loved ones.