Improving Writing with Complex Sentences and Subordinate Clauses.
Read the following short paragraph:
The clouds seemed to loom over the baseball field. The baseball field was near my house. A drop of rain fell on the infield dirt. The umpire looked up into the sky. The sky opened up. A downpour of rain scattered everyone. People ran into the concession stand. The concession stand was behind the backstop. Other people ran to their cars in the parking lot. The parking lot was behind the outfield.
This paragraph is full of short, choppy sentences. Use your knowledge of complex sentences and subordinate clauses to improve the paragraph. Include all of the details in your revised version.