I have to write complex sentences with some hard words like contentious, diffident, and gregarious for example. Anyone know of a web site that may help???

Question

When I looked up the word diffident, I found the meaning.

Because diffident describes how I write English sentences, I could not give good examples.

After I practiced using diffident as a word, my self-confidence increased.

http://www.eslbee.com/sentences.htm

Here are two webpages about clauses:

http://members.cox.net/lenco1/grammarpractice/clause/clause.htm

http://members.cox.net/lenco1/grammarpractice/clause/structure.htm

When you put an independent clause (can be a sentence on its own) together with a dependent clause (has a subject and verb but isn't a sentence on its own) you have a complex sentence.

Now ... for the words ...

Go to http://www.answers.com and look each one up. In addition to definitions for each word, you will often find a sample use of the word in a phrase. (If you don't find a sample use in the first definition you see, keep scrolling down until you find one.) You can take that phrase and alter it to make a sentence you can use. For example --
http://www.answers.com/gregarious

If you'll repost with the sentences you have written, someone here will be happy to let you know if you're on the right track.

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Thanks so much bobpursley and Writeacher you're advice and websites were very very helpful!

Thank you.

You're very welcome. Go get A's!

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