Simple sentences are important for making clear points. Be careful though - if you only ever use simple sentences in your writing you don’t add much detail, so your reader could lose interest.

You can often identify a dependent clause by a “dependent marker word”— a word or phrase which implies there is more to the sentence (e.g. “when”). When the dog barked. The example of ... cat ran ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. ‘He walked quickly back to the house.’ Simple sentences are important for making clear points. Be careful though ...