What type of clauses do each of these sentences contain:

Question

1) We moved because our house was too small.

 

2) A tree surgeon removed the branches that were dead.

 

3) This is a book the children enjoyed.

Answer 1

Hi Lindsey;

1) We moved because our house was too small.

BECAUSE is a subordinator.  This is a complex sentence.

2) A tree surgeon removed the branches that were dead.
THAT is a relative pronoun.  This is a complex sentence.

3) This is a book the children enjoyed.

My guess is that the this is a complex sentence which is missing a relative pronoun.

THIS IS A BOOK THAT THE CHILDREN ENJOYED.

THIS IS A BOOK WHICH THE CHILDREN ENJOYED.