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Which of the following is a complex sentence?(1 point)
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Her brother said they would be boring, but he absolutely loved them.
Her brother said they would be boring, but he absolutely loved them.
The family made sure they packed warm clothes before their trip up north.
The family made sure they packed warm clothes before their trip up north.
Ellie wants to go back and eventually live in the mountains someday.
Ellie wants to go back and eventually live in the mountains someday.
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.
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Which of the following is a complex sentence?(1 point)
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Her brother said they would be boring, but he absolutely loved them.
Her brother said they would be boring, but he absolutely loved them.
The family made sure they packed warm clothes before their trip up north.
The family made sure they packed warm clothes before their trip up north.
Ellie wants to go back and eventually live in the mountains someday.
Ellie wants to go back and eventually live in the mountains someday.
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.
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A complex sentence contains at least one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
Among the options provided, the following is a complex sentence:
**The family made sure they packed warm clothes before their trip up north.**
This sentence includes the dependent clause "before their trip up north," which adds additional information related to the independent clause "The family made sure they packed warm clothes."
The other sentences either consist of only independent clauses or are compound sentences, not complex ones.
Among the options provided, the following is a complex sentence:
**The family made sure they packed warm clothes before their trip up north.**
This sentence includes the dependent clause "before their trip up north," which adds additional information related to the independent clause "The family made sure they packed warm clothes."
The other sentences either consist of only independent clauses or are compound sentences, not complex ones.