Question

Identify the complex sentence that uses a subordinate conjunction.

Chocolate cake does taste very nice but fresh fruit is a much healthier choice.
Amara decided to go skiing with her friends instead of skating with her parents.
This painting by Picasso reminds me of a picture I saw in another museum.
Some of the students worked on their assignments while others just talked.

Answer 1

Some of the students worked on their assignments while others just talked.

Answer 2

A subordinate conjunction is the one that connects a dependent clause to an independent clause. An independent clause is the one that can stand alone and has meaning by itself. A dependent clause is not a complete sentence because it needs an independent clause to have full meaning. In this case, the sentence that uses a subordinate conjunction that connects a dependent and an independent clause is D: Some of the students worked on their assignments while others just talked.